AMD Radeon HD 8790M
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 8790M and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

579
Place in performance rating
708
GCN
Architecture
TeraScale
Mars
Code name
RV670
Laptop
Type
Desktop
16 November 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
4 April 2008 (13 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$349
$460
Price now
no data
0.28
Value for money
no data
Mars XTX
GPU code name
RV670
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 8790M and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
320
850 MHz
Core clock speed
669 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
950 million
Transistor count
666 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
no data
Power consumption (TDP)
140 Watt
21.60
Texture fill rate
10.70
691.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 428.2 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
950 million
Number of transistors
666 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
140 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 8790M and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2.

MXM-A (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
medium sized
Laptop size
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Radeon HD 8790M and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
4500 MHz
Memory clock speed
1656 MHz
64 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
52.99 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 8790M and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 8790M and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
4.6
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 8790M and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 8790M or ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8790M
ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8790M
ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8790M
ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8790M
ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8790M
ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8790M

2.23% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 320)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

More memory bandwidth (64 GB/s vs 52.99 GB/s)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon HD 8790M or ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 8790M .

AMD Radeon HD 8790M versus ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 8790M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2