L20 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3850 with L20, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 3850
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 35 Watt
0.68

L20 outperforms Mobility HD 3850 by a whopping 4622% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1237188
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.508.99
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameM88AD102
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date4 June 2008 (17 years ago)16 November 2023 (2 years ago)

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 cores32011776
Core clock speed580 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors666 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt275 Watt
Texture fill rate9.280927.4
Floating-point processing power0.3712 TFLOPS59.35 TFLOPS
ROPs16128
TMUs16368
Tensor Coresno data368
Ray Tracing Coresno data92
L1 Cacheno data11.5 MB
L2 Cache256 KB96 MB

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB48 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth48 GB/s864.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4400%
90−95
+4400%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4400%
90−95
+4400%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−4500%
230−240
+4500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−4275%
350−400
+4275%
Valorant 27−30
−4555%
1350−1400
+4555%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 20−22
−4400%
900−950
+4400%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4400%
90−95
+4400%
Dota 2 12−14
−4483%
550−600
+4483%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−4500%
230−240
+4500%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−4400%
45−50
+4400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−4275%
350−400
+4275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−4567%
280−290
+4567%
Valorant 27−30
−4555%
1350−1400
+4555%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−4400%
90−95
+4400%
Dota 2 12−14
−4483%
550−600
+4483%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−4500%
230−240
+4500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−4275%
350−400
+4275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−4567%
280−290
+4567%
Valorant 27−30
−4555%
1350−1400
+4555%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−4567%
140−150
+4567%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 3−4
−4567%
140−150
+4567%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−4186%
300−310
+4186%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−4400%
90−95
+4400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−4400%
90−95
+4400%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−4400%
45−50
+4400%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−4543%
650−700
+4543%
Valorant 3−4
−4567%
140−150
+4567%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−4400%
90−95
+4400%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
−4400%
90−95
+4400%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 32.11
Recency 4 June 2008 16 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 275 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 3850 has 686% lower power consumption.

L20, on the other hand, has a 4622% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 9500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1000% more advanced lithography process.

The L20 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 3850 is a notebook graphics card while L20 is a workstation one.

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