GeForce RTX 4070 Ti vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 3850 AGP and GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI HD 3850 AGP
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 75 Watt
1.12

RTX 4070 Ti outperforms ATI HD 3850 AGP by a whopping 7263% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10736
Place by popularitynot in top-10080
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data48.76
Power efficiency1.0820.88
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameRV670AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date3 January 2008 (16 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3207680
Core clock speed668 MHz2310 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2610 MHz
Number of transistors666 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt285 Watt
Texture fill rate10.69626.4
Floating-point processing power0.4275 TFLOPS40.09 TFLOPS
ROPs1680
TMUs16240
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed828 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth52.99 GB/s504.2 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

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.

ATI HD 3850 AGP 1.12
RTX 4070 Ti 82.46
+7263%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 3850 AGP 432
RTX 4070 Ti 31819
+7266%

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 HD3−4
−7667%
233
+7667%
1440p2−3
−7650%
155
+7650%
4K1−2
−9200%
93
+9200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 236
+0%
236
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 218
+0%
218
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 350−400
+0%
350−400
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Battlefield 5 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 185
+0%
185
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 290−300
+0%
290−300
+0%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 473
+0%
473
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 167
+0%
167
+0%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 250−260
+0%
250−260
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 351
+0%
351
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 410
+0%
410
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 222
+0%
222
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 152
+0%
152
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 105
+0%
105
+0%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Hitman 3 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 273
+0%
273
+0%
Metro Exodus 148
+0%
148
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 280
+0%
280
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Hitman 3 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 140−150
+0%
140−150
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 149
+0%
149
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 48
+0%
48
+0%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140
+0%
140
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 68
+0%
68
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 100−105
+0%
100−105
+0%

This is how ATI HD 3850 AGP and RTX 4070 Ti compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4070 Ti is 7667% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4070 Ti is 7650% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4070 Ti is 9200% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.12 82.46
Recency 3 January 2008 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 12 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 285 Watt

ATI HD 3850 AGP has 280% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 Ti, on the other hand, has a 7262.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1275% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3850 AGP in performance tests.


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