Mobility Radeon HD 3850 vs GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	108	1138
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.56	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	RV6xx (2007−2010)
GPU code name	N18E-G3 TU104	M88
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	1 December 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	$2003	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores	2944	320
Core clock speed	1380 MHz	580 MHz
Boost clock speed	1590 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	13,600 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	292.6	9.280
Floating-point performance	no data	371.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile and Mobility Radeon HD 3850 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16

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	GDDR6	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	48 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	No outputs	No outputs
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.5	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	7.5	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.

RTX 2080 Mobile 39.03
+5725%

ATI Mobility HD 3850 0.67

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 3850 by 5725% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 2080 Mobile 68525
+3546%

ATI Mobility HD 3850 1880

GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 3850 by 3546% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

Full HD	143 +7050%	2−3 −7050%
1440p	94 +9300%	1−2 −9300%
4K	65 +6400%	1−2 −6400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
+2200%

3−4

−2200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	90 +8900%	1−2 −8900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	87 +8600%	1−2 −8600%
Battlefield 5	132 +6500%	2−3 −6500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	171 +2038%	8−9 −2038%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +2200%	3−4 −2200%
Far Cry 5	104 +10300%	1−2 −10300%
Far Cry New Dawn	102 +10100%	1−2 −10100%
Forza Horizon 4	147 +7250%	2−3 −7250%
Hitman 3	183 +6000%	3−4 −6000%
Horizon Zero Dawn	121 +5950%	2−3 −5950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	119 +5850%	2−3 −5850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	115 +1817%	6−7 −1817%
Watch Dogs: Legion	114 +11300%	1−2 −11300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	83 +8200%	1−2 −8200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	74 +7300%	1−2 −7300%
Battlefield 5	118 +5800%	2−3 −5800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	151 +1788%	8−9 −1788%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +2200%	3−4 −2200%
Far Cry 5	97 +9600%	1−2 −9600%
Far Cry New Dawn	105 +10400%	1−2 −10400%
Forza Horizon 4	145 +7150%	2−3 −7150%
Hitman 3	159 +7850%	2−3 −7850%
Horizon Zero Dawn	94 +9300%	1−2 −9300%
Metro Exodus	90 +8900%	1−2 −8900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	71 +3450%	2−3 −3450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	109 +1717%	6−7 −1717%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	174 +5700%	3−4 −5700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	101 +10000%	1−2 −10000%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	67 +6600%	1−2 −6600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	66 +6500%	1−2 −6500%
Battlefield 5	117 +5750%	2−3 −5750%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 +2200%	3−4 −2200%
Far Cry 5	96 +9500%	1−2 −9500%
Far Cry New Dawn	93 +9200%	1−2 −9200%
Forza Horizon 4	139 +6850%	2−3 −6850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	95 +3067%	3−4 −3067%
Watch Dogs: Legion	71 +7000%	1−2 −7000%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	102 +5000%	2−3 −5000%
Hitman 3	103 +3333%	3−4 −3333%
Horizon Zero Dawn	65 +713%	8−9 −713%
Metro Exodus	55	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	44	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	71 +1675%	4−5 −1675%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	52	0−1
Battlefield 5	115 +11400%	1−2 −11400%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +3000%	1−2 −3000%
Far Cry 5	82 +8100%	1−2 −8100%
Far Cry New Dawn	89 +8800%	1−2 −8800%
Forza Horizon 4	122 +6000%	2−3 −6000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +5500%	1−2 −5500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	53	0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	59 +5800%	1−2 −5800%
Hitman 3	59 +5800%	1−2 −5800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	19 +171%	7−8 −171%
Metro Exodus	35	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	30	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	42	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65 +6400%	1−2 −6400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	34	0−1
Battlefield 5	68 +6700%	1−2 −6700%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14	0−1
Far Cry 5	52 +1633%	3−4 −1633%
Far Cry New Dawn	56 +1020%	5−6 −1020%
Forza Horizon 4	82 +8100%	1−2 −8100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	31	0−1

This is how RTX 2080 Mobile and ATI Mobility HD 3850 compete in popular games:

RTX 2080 Mobile is 7050% faster than ATI Mobility HD 3850 in 1080p
RTX 2080 Mobile is 9300% faster than ATI Mobility HD 3850 in 1440p
RTX 2080 Mobile is 6400% faster than ATI Mobility HD 3850 in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2080 Mobile is 8900% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 3850.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2080 Mobile surpassed ATI Mobility HD 3850 in all 25 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.03	0.67
Recency	6 January 2019	1 December 2007
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	12 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	55 Watt