Radeon R5 M330 vs ATI Mobility HD 3850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and Radeon R5 M330, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

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

R5 M330 outperforms Mobility HD 3850 by a whopping 109% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12291033
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.506.08
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameM88Exo
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2008 (17 years ago)5 May 2015 (10 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 cores320320
Compute unitsno data5
Core clock speed580 MHz955 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1030 MHz
Number of transistors666 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate9.28020.60
Floating-point processing power0.3712 TFLOPS0.6592 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs1620
L1 Cacheno data80 KB
L2 Cache256 KB128 KB

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
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth48 GB/s14.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

HD3D-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
ZeroCore-+
Switchable graphics-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)DirectX® 12
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCLN/ANot Listed
VulkanN/A+
Mantle-+

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 HD4−5
−125%
9
+125%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Escape from Tarkov 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 0−1 3−4
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Valorant 27−30
−20.7%
35−40
+20.7%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 20−22
−60%
30−35
+60%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Dota 2 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
Escape from Tarkov 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 0−1 3−4
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Metro Exodus 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Valorant 27−30
−20.7%
35−40
+20.7%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Dota 2 12−14
−50%
18−20
+50%
Escape from Tarkov 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 0−1 3−4
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−16.7%
7−8
+16.7%
Valorant 27−30
−20.7%
35−40
+20.7%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−114%
14−16
+114%

1440p
Ultra

Escape from Tarkov 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Fortnite 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Fortnite 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

1440p
High

Valorant 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
Ultra

Dota 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Escape from Tarkov 0−1 0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 3850 and R5 M330 compete in popular games:

  • R5 M330 is 125% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Escape from Tarkov, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R5 M330 is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 M330 performs better in 30 tests (65%)
  • there's a draw in 16 tests (35%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 1.42
Recency 4 June 2008 5 May 2015
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 18 Watt

R5 M330 has a 108.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 94.4% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R5 M330 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.

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