ATI Radeon X1050 AGP vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1050 AGP 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 X1050 AGP

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1050 AGP

3.1x lower typical power consumption: 24 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

2.7x more core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 250 MHz
10.7x more texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 406 MHz

Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 406 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1050 AGP
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

Name	ATI Radeon X1050 AGP	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark		389
PassMark - G2D Mark		30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon X1050 AGP	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Rage 9	TeraScale
Code name	RV360	RV670
Launch date	25 November 2007	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1472
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Core clock speed	250 MHz	668 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	55 nm
Texture fill rate	1 GTexel / s	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	24 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	76 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		427.5 gflops
Pipelines		320
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	AGP 8x	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		208 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	128 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	406 MHz	1660 MHz
Memory type	DDR	GDDR3