ATI FireMV 2400 PCI vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1076not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.03no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)R300 (2005−2008)
GPU code nameRV670RV380
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 January 2008 (16 years ago)2008 (16 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 cores320no data
Core clock speed668 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors666 million75 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt20 Watt
Texture fill rate10.692.000
Floating-point processing power0.4275 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs164

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCI
Lengthno data170 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR
Maximum RAM amount512 MB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed828 MHz1000 MBps
Memory bandwidth52.99 GB/s16 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x VHDCI

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)9.0
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.32.0
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 128 MB
Chip lithography 55 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 20 Watt

ATI HD 3850 AGP has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 136.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI FireMV 2400 PCI, on the other hand, has 275% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3850 AGP and FireMV 2400 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.


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