ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 vs ATI FireMV 2200

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and ATI FireMV 2200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 79% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 324 MHz
  • 7.2x more texture fill rate: 9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
  • 3.8x more memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 392 MHz
  • 10.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 366 vs 36
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 June 2008 vs 1 January 2006
Core clock speed 580 MHz vs 324 MHz
Texture fill rate 9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.296 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz vs 392 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 366 vs 36

Reasons to consider the ATI FireMV 2200

  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 259 vs 248
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 259 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
GPU 2: ATI FireMV 2200

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
366
36
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
248
259
Name ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 ATI FireMV 2200
PassMark - G3D Mark 366 36
PassMark - G2D Mark 248 259

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 ATI FireMV 2200

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Rage 9
Code name M88 RV370
Launch date 4 June 2008 1 January 2006
Place in performance rating 658 659
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 580 MHz 324 MHz
Floating-point performance 371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 110 nm
Pipelines 320
Texture fill rate 9.28 GTexel / s 1.296 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt
Transistor count 666 million 107 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DMS-59
HDCP
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1 9.0
OpenGL 3.3 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 48.0 GB / s 3.136 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 392 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 DDR
Shared memory 0