ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 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.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 580 MHz vs 479 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
80x more pipelines: 320 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
Around 91% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 784 MHz
7.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 366 vs 48

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	580 MHz vs 479 MHz
Texture fill rate	9.28 GTexel / s vs 1.916 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 784 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	366 vs 48

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 263 vs 248

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	263 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

248

263

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
PassMark - G3D Mark	366	48
PassMark - G2D Mark	248	263

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	M88	M64
Launch date	4 June 2008	1 March 2007
Place in performance rating	654	651
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	479 MHz
Floating-point performance	371.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320	4
Texture fill rate	9.28 GTexel / s	1.916 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	107 million
Boost clock speed		480 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.0 GB / s	7.14 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	400 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	784 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory	0	no