NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 12.72 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 38 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 July 2008 vs 19 November 2007
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	38 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 530 MHz
6.7x more pipelines: 320 vs 48
3.4x better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 393 vs 278
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 3297
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 3297

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 530 MHz
Pipelines	320 vs 48
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	393 vs 278
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 3297

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

393

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3297

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3297

3345

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	278	393
PassMark - G2D Mark	38	30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3297	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3297	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	G94	RV670
Launch date	29 July 2008	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1452	1453
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Core clock speed	530 MHz	668 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	127.2 gflops	427.5 gflops
Gigaflops	180
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48	320
Texture fill rate	12.72 GTexel / s	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	505 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		208 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB / s	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD