ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP vs ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP and ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP 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 X1950 PRO AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 575 MHz
Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Launch date	3 January 2008 vs 25 October 2006
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 6.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 1380 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 66 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	66 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	432
PassMark - G2D Mark	92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2417

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP	ATI Radeon X1950 PRO AGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R500
Code name	RV670	RV570
Launch date	3 January 2008	25 October 2006
Place in performance rating	1375	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s	6.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	66 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	330 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.0 GB / s	44.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz	1380 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3