ATI Radeon HD 3850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3850 and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i 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

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 90 nm
9.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 401 vs 42

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2007 vs 4 October 2007
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	401 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 88 vs 29

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	88 vs 29

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3850
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

401

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3850	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
PassMark - G3D Mark	401	42
PassMark - G2D Mark	29	88
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3850	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 + nForce 620i
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Curie
Code name	RV670	C73
Launch date	19 November 2007	4 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Place in performance rating	1463	1464
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	668 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	112 million
Boost clock speed		630 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length	208 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3