HD Graphics 400 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 3850 AGP with HD Graphics 400, including specs and performance data.

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

HD Graphics 400 outperforms ATI HD 3850 AGP by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10811078
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.0212.91
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)
GPU code nameRV670Braswell GT1
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date3 January 2008 (16 years ago)1 April 2015 (9 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 cores32096
Core clock speed668 MHz320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data600 MHz
Number of transistors666 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt6 Watt
Texture fill rate10.697.200
Floating-point processing power0.4275 TFLOPS0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPs162
TMUs1612

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 8xRing Bus
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR3DDR3L
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed828 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth52.99 GB/sno data
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-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.3
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A+

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.12 1.13
Recency 3 January 2008 1 April 2015
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 6 Watt

HD Graphics 400 has a 0.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 1150% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon HD 3850 AGP and HD Graphics 400.

Be aware that Radeon HD 3850 AGP is a desktop card while HD Graphics 400 is a notebook one.


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