ATI Radeon HD 3850 X3 vs HD Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1191not rated
Place by popularity75not in top-100
Power efficiency1.52no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1RV670
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2012 (13 years ago)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 cores48320
Core clock speed650 MHz669 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt145 Watt
Texture fill rate6.30010.70
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPSno data
ROPs116
TMUs616

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data292 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1700 MBps
Memory bandwidthno data54.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DVI

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.03.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.80N/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 22 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 145 Watt

HD Graphics has a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 314.3% lower power consumption.

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