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).

ATI Radeon X1700 SE

ATI Radeon HD 3850

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
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
Essentials
Architecture	R500	TeraScale
Code name	RV560	RV670
Launch date	30 November 2007	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	not rated	1471
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		208 mm
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.0
OpenGL	2.0	3.3
Memory
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