ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP vs ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP and ATI Radeon 9700 PRO 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 Radeon 9700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 325 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 150 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.7x more memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 620 MHz
8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 432 vs 54

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 January 2008 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 620 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	432 vs 54

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 149 vs 92

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	149 vs 92

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	432	54
PassMark - G2D Mark	92	149
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2417

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	ATI Radeon 9700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 8
Code name	RV670	R300
Launch date	3 January 2008	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1375	1135
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	Floppy
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.0 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR