ATI Radeon HD 4670 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4670 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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 4670

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 12% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 668 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 24 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Around 12% better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 427.5 gflops
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 37 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 668 MHz
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 427.5 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	37 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 393 vs 379
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 3285
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 3285

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	393 vs 379
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 3285
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 3285

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4670
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

379

393

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

3345

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4670	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	379	393
PassMark - G2D Mark	37	30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4670	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV730	RV670
Launch date	10 September 2008	19 November 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$67	$179
Place in performance rating	1450	1452
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	668 MHz
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	320	320
Texture fill rate	24 GTexel / s	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	193 mm	208 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3