ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 vs ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 9.28 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 120
Around 93% better floating-point performance: 371.2 gflops vs 192 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 366 vs 283

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2008 vs 28 June 2007
Texture fill rate	9.28 GTexel / s vs 6.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 120
Floating-point performance	371.2 gflops vs 192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	366 vs 283

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 580 MHz
Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 248

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 580 MHz
Memory clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 248

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

248

371

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	366	283
PassMark - G2D Mark	248	371
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1701
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1701

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M88	RV630
Launch date	4 June 2008	28 June 2007
Place in performance rating	651	652
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Technical info
Core clock speed	580 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	371.2 gflops	192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	120
Texture fill rate	9.28 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	390 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDCP
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.0 GB / s	35.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	2200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR4
Shared memory	0