ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP vs ATI Mobility Radeon 7500

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP and ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

ATI Mobility Radeon 7500

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 230 MHz
160x more pipelines: 320 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 32 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 366 MHz
108x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 432 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2008 vs 1 December 2001
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 230 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 366 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	432 vs 4

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon 7500

52.4x more texture fill rate: 560 MTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 27 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 103 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	560 MTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	27 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	103 vs 92

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 7500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

103

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
PassMark - G3D Mark	432	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	92	103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2417

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 7
Code name	RV670	M7
Launch date	3 January 2008	1 December 2001
Place in performance rating	1375	1378
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	230 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320	2
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s	560 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	27 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	60 million
Boost clock speed		280 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.0	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.0 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	200 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	64 / 128
Shared memory		0