ATI Radeon HD 4670 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

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

ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4670

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 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 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3285 vs 2417
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3285 vs 2417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2008 vs 3 January 2008
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285 vs 2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285 vs 2417

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1656 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 432 vs 382
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 92 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1656 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	432 vs 382
PassMark - G2D Mark	92 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

382

432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

2417

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3285

2417

Name	ATI Radeon HD 4670	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	382	432
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3285	2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3285	2417

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4670	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	RV730	RV670
Launch date	10 September 2008	3 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$67
Place in performance rating	1459	1375
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	AGP 8x
Length	193 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-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	53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3