Intel HD Graphics vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1039not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Generation 7.0 (2012)
GPU code nameRV670Ivy Bridge GT1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 January 2008 (16 years old)1 April 2012 (11 years old)
Current priceno data$286

Technical specs

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 cores32048
Core clock speed668 MHz166 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1050 MHz
Number of transistors666 million392 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate10.696.300
Floating-point performance427.5 gflops15.6 gflops

Size and 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 8xPCIe 1.0 x16
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1656 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth52.99 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

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-VideoNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.0
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.80

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

ATI HD 3850 AGP 432
+202%
HD Graphics 143

Radeon HD 3850 AGP outperforms HD Graphics by 202% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 3 January 2008 1 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB System Shared
Chip lithography 55 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 35 Watt

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


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