NVIDIA ION LE vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA ION LE 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA ION LE

ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA ION LE

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 96 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2008 vs 3 January 2008
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	96 vs 92

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Around 48% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 450 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
4.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 432 vs 98

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 450 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	432 vs 98

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA ION LE
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

432

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA ION LE	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	98	432
PassMark - G2D Mark	96	92
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2417

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA ION LE	ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	TeraScale
Code name	ION	RV670
Launch date	3 June 2008	3 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1374	1375
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	668 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	282 million	666 million
Floating-point performance		427.5 gflops
Pipelines		320
Texture fill rate		10.69 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1656 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3