ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 vs GeForce 9800M GTX

Place in the ranking	1069	1177
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	no data
Power efficiency	1.08	1.36
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	G92	M88
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$328.50	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	112	320
CUDA cores per GPU	112	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	580 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	9.280
Floating-point processing power	0.28 TFLOPS	0.3712 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	420	no data
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	56	16

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).

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	-

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	48 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

9800M GTX 1.18
+71%

ATI Mobility HD 3850 0.69

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.

9800M GTX 4825
+157%

ATI Mobility HD 3850 1880

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Elden Ring	0−1	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Dota 2	0−1	0−1
Elden Ring	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Fortnite	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
World of Tanks	24−27 +36.8%	18−20 −36.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Dota 2	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−11 +25%	8−9 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +44.4%	9−10 −44.4%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
World of Tanks	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Valorant	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Fortnite, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the 9800M GTX is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

9800M GTX is ahead in 21 test (60%)
there's a draw in 14 tests (40%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.18	0.69
Recency	15 July 2008	4 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt