Radeon RX 7600M vs Mobility HD 3850

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Aggregate performance score

ATI Mobility HD 3850
2007
512 MB GDDR3, 55 Watt
0.67

RX 7600M outperforms Mobility HD 3850 by a whopping 1421% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1139409
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRV6xx (2007−2010)RDNA 3
GPU code nameM88Navi 33
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 December 2007 (16 years ago)5 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores3201792
Core clock speed580 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2070 MHz
Number of transistors666 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt90 Watt (50 - 90 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate9.280246.4
Floating-point performance371.2 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and Radeon RX 7600M 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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHz16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth48 GB/s256.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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/A2.1
VulkanN/A1.3

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.

ATI Mobility HD 3850 0.67
RX 7600M 10.19
+1421%

RX 7600M outperforms Mobility HD 3850 by 1421% based on our aggregate 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%

ATI Mobility HD 3850 1880
RX 7600M 77136
+4004%

RX 7600M outperforms Mobility HD 3850 by 4004% 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 HD5−6
−1580%
84
+1580%
1440p2−3
−1900%
40
+1900%
4K1−2
−2400%
25
+2400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1000%
21−24
+1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Hitman 3 3−4
−667%
21−24
+667%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−209%
30−35
+209%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−2625%
218
+2625%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1000%
21−24
+1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−1450%
62
+1450%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Hitman 3 3−4
−667%
21−24
+667%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−209%
30−35
+209%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−1063%
93
+1063%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−1000%
21−24
+1000%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−209%
30−35
+209%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−200%
12−14
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 5−6
−380%
24−27
+380%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 3850 and RX 7600M compete in popular games:

  • RX 7600M is 1580% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7600M is 1900% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7600M is 2400% faster in 4K

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

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 7600M is 2625% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 7600M surpassed ATI Mobility HD 3850 in all 32 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.67 10.19
Recency 1 December 2007 5 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 90 Watt

The Radeon RX 7600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.


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