ATI Radeon X1700 SE vs ATI Radeon HD 3850
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X1700 SE 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1700 SE
- Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850
- Around 34% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 500 MHz
- 2.7x more texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 66% higher memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Core clock speed | 668 MHz vs 500 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 10.69 GTexel / s vs 4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 80 nm |
Memory clock speed | 1660 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Radeon X1700 SE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850
Name | ATI Radeon X1700 SE | ATI Radeon HD 3850 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 393 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 30 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3345 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3345 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon X1700 SE | ATI Radeon HD 3850 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | R500 | TeraScale |
Code name | RV560 | RV670 |
Launch date | 30 November 2007 | 19 November 2007 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1472 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 668 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 80 nm | 55 nm |
Texture fill rate | 4 GTexel / s | 10.69 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 330 million | 666 million |
Floating-point performance | 427.5 gflops | |
Pipelines | 320 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
Length | 208 mm | |
API support |
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DirectX | 9.0c | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 2.0 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 16 GB / s | 53.1 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1660 MHz |
Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |