FirePro W2100 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

Place in the ranking	1174	843
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.34	6.22
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	M88	Oland
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)	12 August 2014 (10 years ago)

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	320	320
Core clock speed	580 MHz	630 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	680 MHz
Number of transistors	666 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	26 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.280	13.60
Floating-point processing power	0.3712 TFLOPS	0.4352 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	16	20

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	no data
Bus support	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Width	no data	1-slot
Form factor	no data	low profile / half length
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	750 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	28.8 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	2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	no data	2
Dual-link DVI support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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	4−5 −250%	14 +250%
4K	0−1	2

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −72.7%	18−20 +72.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	5−6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −23.3%	35−40 +23.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −72.7%	18−20 +72.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	5−6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −30%	12−14 +30%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −23.3%	35−40 +23.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −72.7%	18−20 +72.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −30%	12−14 +30%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −23.3%	35−40 +23.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

5−6

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−200%

3−4
+200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	2−3
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−66.7%

5−6
+66.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 3850 and FirePro W2100 compete in popular games:

FirePro W2100 is 250% faster in 1080p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the FirePro W2100 is 550% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

FirePro W2100 is ahead in 34 tests (67%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (33%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.68	2.34
Recency	4 June 2008	12 August 2014
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	2 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	26 Watt

FirePro W2100 has a 244.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 34.6% lower power consumption.

The FirePro W2100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 3850 is a notebook card while FirePro W2100 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.