NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1436 MHz vs 668 MHz
Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 645 vs 432
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 2417
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 2417

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 3 January 2008
Core clock speed	1436 MHz vs 668 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 10.69 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	645 vs 432
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 2417

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
Around 55% better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 275.71 gflops
Around 74% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 92 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 96
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops vs 275.71 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	92 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

645

432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

2417

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

2417

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	645	432
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	92
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	2417

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT215	RV670
Launch date	7 January 2010	3 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1372	1375
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1436 MHz	668 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	427.5 gflops
Gigaflops	413
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	320
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		1656 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI