NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
900
G9x
Architecture
TeraScale
N10E-GTX
Code name
RV670
Laptop
Type
Desktop
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
3 January 2008 (13 years ago)
$149
Price now
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3.51
Value for money
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N10E-GTX
GPU code name
RV670
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

256
Pipelines
320
585 MHz
Core clock speed
668 MHz
1508 Million
Transistor count
666 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
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Texture fill rate
10.69
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Floating-point performance
427.5 gflops
256
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
1508 Million
Number of transistors
666 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP.

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Interface
AGP 8x
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
large
Laptop size
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
950 MHz
Memory clock speed
1656 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
52.99 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
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HybridPower
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PureVideo HD
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
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OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI or ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI

7.91% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

More pipelines (320 vs 256)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI or ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI versus ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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