ATI Radeon HD 3850 vs GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile

Place in the ranking	417	1106
Place by popularity	93	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.04
Power efficiency	10.68	0.94
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GP107B	RV670
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	3 January 2017 (8 years ago)	19 November 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	320
Core clock speed	1354 MHz	668 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,300 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	59.72	10.69
Floating-point processing power	1.911 TFLOPS	0.4275 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	16

Form factor & 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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	208 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7008 MHz	830 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112 GB/s	53.12 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDCP	2.2	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream	+	-
GPU Boost	3.0	no data
Ansel	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.4	4.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	73 +1117%	6−7 −1117%
Full HD	46 +1050%	4−5 −1050%
1440p	24 +1100%	2−3 −1100%
4K	15 +1400%	1−2 −1400%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	44.75
1440p	no data	89.50
4K	no data	179.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	51 +1175%	4−5 −1175%
Far Cry 5	39 +1200%	3−4 −1200%
Fortnite	132 +1220%	10−11 −1220%
Forza Horizon 4	55 +1275%	4−5 −1275%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	46 +1050%	4−5 −1050%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27 +1250%	2−3 −1250%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	44 +1367%	3−4 −1367%
Dota 2	126 +1160%	10−11 −1160%
Far Cry 5	36 +1100%	3−4 −1100%
Fortnite	51 +1175%	4−5 −1175%
Forza Horizon 4	52 +1200%	4−5 −1200%
Grand Theft Auto V	42 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Metro Exodus	19 +1800%	1−2 −1800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	41 +1267%	3−4 −1267%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14 +1300%	1−2 −1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	39 +1200%	3−4 −1200%
World of Tanks	160−170 +1050%	14−16 −1050%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	37 +1133%	3−4 −1133%
Dota 2	115 +1050%	10−11 −1050%
Far Cry 5	33 +1550%	2−3 −1550%
Forza Horizon 4	37 +1133%	3−4 −1133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	29 +1350%	2−3 −1350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	22 +2100%	1−2 −2100%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

39
+1200%

3−4

−1200%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +1500%	1−2 −1500%
Metro Exodus	11	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	26 +1200%	2−3 −1200%
Far Cry 5	21 +2000%	1−2 −2000%
Forza Horizon 4	26 +1200%	2−3 −1200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

25
+1150%

2−3

−1150%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	21−24 +2100%	1−2 −2100%
Metro Exodus	7	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +2100%	1−2 −2100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	13 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Dota 2	34 +1600%	2−3 −1600%
Far Cry 5	11	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	15 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

0−1

This is how GTX 1050 Mobile and ATI HD 3850 compete in popular games:

GTX 1050 Mobile is 1117% faster in 900p
GTX 1050 Mobile is 1050% faster in 1080p
GTX 1050 Mobile is 1100% faster in 1440p
GTX 1050 Mobile is 1400% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	11.61	1.02
Recency	3 January 2017	19 November 2007
Maximum RAM amount	4000 MB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	55 nm

GTX 1050 Mobile has a 1038.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 290.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon HD 3850 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.