GeForce GTS 350M vs Mobility Radeon HD 3850

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and GeForce GTS 350M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 3850
2007
512 MB GDDR3, 55 Watt
0.67

GTS 350M outperforms ATI Mobility HD 3850 by an impressive 57% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking11391057
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.04
ArchitectureRV6xx (2007−2010)GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code nameM88n11e-ge1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 December 2007 (16 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Current priceno data$230

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores32096
CUDA coresno data96
Core clock speed580 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors666 million727 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate9.28016.00
Floating-point performance371.2 gflops240 gflops
Gigaflopsno data360

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 3850 and GeForce GTS 350M 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II
SLI optionsno data+
MXM Typeno dataMXM 3.0 Type-B

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed750 MHzUp to 2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth48 GB/s51.2 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 ConnectorsNo outputsDisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data+

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

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 no data
Hitman 3 2−3 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 no data
Hitman 3 2−3 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 no data
Far Cry 5 1−2 no data
Hitman 3 6−7 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4 no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4 no data

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2 no data
Metro Exodus 4−5 no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

1440p
High Preset

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

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.67 1.05
Recency 1 December 2007 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 28 Watt

The GeForce GTS 350M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3850 in performance tests.


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