ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT AGP
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M88 | G71 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 278 million |
| Die size | 192 mm² | 196 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | G71-GT2-H-N-A2 |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jun 4th, 2008 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M8x (Mobility HD 3800) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M7x | — |
| Successor | M9x | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 580 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 750 MHz 1500 Mbps effective | 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 48.00 GB/s | 38.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 24 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 24 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 9.280 GPixel/s | 8.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 9.280 GTexel/s | 12.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 371.2 GFLOPS | — |
| FP64 (double) performance | 74.24 GFLOPS (1:5) | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 1.000 GVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 70 W | 65 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Suggested PSU | — | 250 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x Molex |
| Board number | — | P168 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 3.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Apr 2nd, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 7 AGP |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | — | 96 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 6 AGP |
| Successor | — | GeForce 8 |
