ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 800A
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M88 | GF119 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 292 million |
| Die size | 192 mm² | 79 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jun 4th, 2008 | Mar 17th, 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M8x (Mobility HD 3800) | GeForce 800A |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M7x | GeForce 700A |
| Successor | M9x | GeForce 900A |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 580 MHz | 475 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 750 MHz 1500 Mbps effective | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 950 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 48.00 GB/s | 14.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 48 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| SM count | — | 1 |
| Cache L1 | — | 64 KB (per SM) |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 9.280 GPixel/s | 950.0 MPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 9.280 GTexel/s | 3.800 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 371.2 GFLOPS | 91.20 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 74.24 GFLOPS (1:5) | 7.600 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 35 W | 15 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
