ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

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Combined performance score

8800 GTX
1.52
+36.9%

GeForce 8800 GTX outperforms Radeon HD 3850 AGP by 37% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking9261039
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.02no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameG80RV670
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 November 2006 (17 years old)3 January 2008 (16 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data
Current price$357 (0.6x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores128320
CUDA cores575no data
Core clock speed576 MHz668 MHz
Number of transistors681 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)155 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate36.8 billion/sec10.69
Floating-point performance345.6 gflops427.5 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16AGP 8x
Length270 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pin1x 8-pin
SLI options+no data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount768 MB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1656 MHz
Memory bandwidth86.4 GB/s52.99 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8800 GTX 1.52
+36.9%
ATI HD 3850 AGP 1.11

GeForce 8800 GTX outperforms Radeon HD 3850 AGP by 37% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

8800 GTX 590
+36.6%
ATI HD 3850 AGP 432

GeForce 8800 GTX outperforms Radeon HD 3850 AGP by 37% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.52 1.11
Recency 8 November 2006 3 January 2008
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 155 Watt 75 Watt

The GeForce 8800 GTX is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3850 AGP in performance tests.


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