ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M88 | G80 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 681 million |
| Die size | 192 mm² | 484 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | G80-850-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 | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1200 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 768 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 bit |
| Bandwidth | 48.00 GB/s | 67.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 96 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 24 |
| ROPs | 16 | 24 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 96 KB |
| SM count | — | 12 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 9.280 GPixel/s | 12.00 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 9.280 GTexel/s | 24.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 371.2 GFLOPS | 230.4 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 74.24 GFLOPS (1:5) | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 35 W | 134 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Slot width | — | Dual-slot |
| Length | — | 229 mm 9 inches |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 300 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | — | P356 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 (1.0) |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| CUDA | — | 1.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Mar 5th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro FX |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Launch price | — | 1,999 USD |
| Interface | — | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
