Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
ATI Mobility HD 3850 vs AMD R9 M375
Combined performance score
R9 M375 outperforms Mobility HD 3850 by 264% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 795 | 1138 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 0.04 | no data |
Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | RV6xx (2007−2010) |
GPU code name | Tropo | M88 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Release date | 7 May 2015 (8 years old) | 1 December 2007 (16 years old) |
Current price | $1699 | no data |
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 cores | 640 | 320 |
Compute units | 10 | no data |
Core clock speed | 1015 MHz | 580 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1015 MHz | no data |
Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 666 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 55 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 55 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 40.60 | 9.280 |
Floating-point performance | 1,299 gflops | 371.2 gflops |
Size and compatibility
Information on Radeon R9 M375 and Mobility Radeon HD 3850 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 size | medium sized | large |
Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
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 type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1100 MHz | 750 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 48 GB/s |
Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Eyefinity | 1 | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
AppAcceleration | + | no data |
Enduro | - | no data |
FreeSync | 1 | no data |
HD3D | + | no data |
PowerTune | + | no data |
DualGraphics | 1 | no data |
TrueAudio | - | no data |
ZeroCore | + | no data |
Switchable graphics | 1 | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 10.1 (10_1) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
OpenGL | 4.4 | 3.3 |
OpenCL | Not Listed | N/A |
Vulkan | no data | N/A |
Mantle | + | no data |
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.
R9 M375 outperforms Mobility HD 3850 by 264% in our combined 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%
R9 M375 outperforms Mobility HD 3850 by 340% 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 HD | 23
+283%
| 6−7
−283%
|
Performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
+66.7%
|
3−4
−66.7%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | 0−1 |
Battlefield 5 | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−12
+37.5%
|
8−9
−37.5%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
+66.7%
|
3−4
−66.7%
|
Far Cry 5 | 15
+275%
|
4−5
−275%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | 0−1 |
Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
Hitman 3 | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6
+150%
|
2−3
−150%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 9−10
+50%
|
6−7
−50%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | 0−1 |
Battlefield 5 | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−12
+37.5%
|
8−9
−37.5%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
+66.7%
|
3−4
−66.7%
|
Far Cry 5 | 13
+333%
|
3−4
−333%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | 0−1 |
Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
Hitman 3 | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
Metro Exodus | 3−4
+200%
|
1−2
−200%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 5−6
+150%
|
2−3
−150%
|
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 9−10
+50%
|
6−7
−50%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+100%
|
3−4
−100%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4 | 0−1 |
Battlefield 5 | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6
+66.7%
|
3−4
−66.7%
|
Far Cry 5 | 12
+300%
|
3−4
−300%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 2−3 | 0−1 |
Forza Horizon 4 | 6−7
+500%
|
1−2
−500%
|
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+100%
|
3−4
−100%
|
Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2 | 0−1 |
1440p
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6
+66.7%
|
3−4
−66.7%
|
Hitman 3 | 5−6
+66.7%
|
3−4
−66.7%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 9−10
+12.5%
|
8−9
−12.5%
|
Metro Exodus | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7
+50%
|
4−5
−50%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
Far Cry 5 | 4−5
+300%
|
1−2
−300%
|
Forza Horizon 4 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
4K
High Preset
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Hitman 3 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | 0−1 |
Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
Far Cry 5 | 4−5
+33.3%
|
3−4
−33.3%
|
Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7
+20%
|
5−6
−20%
|
This is how R9 M375 and ATI Mobility HD 3850 compete in popular games:
1080p resolution:
- R9 M375 is 283% faster than ATI Mobility HD 3850
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R9 M375 is 300% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 3850.
All in all, in popular games:
- R9 M375 is ahead in 23 tests (92%)
- there's a draw in 2 tests (8%)
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 2.44 | 0.67 |
Recency | 7 May 2015 | 1 December 2007 |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 55 nm |
The Radeon R9 M375 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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