ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

The AMD ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 is a slower clocked desktop HD 3850 and manufactured in 55 nm. It supports DirectX 10.1 in hardware and also features the Avivo HD video engine to help the CPU decode videos. The card is intended to be used in large laptops.

 

The performance of the graphics card is between the GeForce 8700M GT and the 8800M GTS. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 of the successor generation performed similar but with a much lower power consumption. Therefore, the performance should be sufficient for DirectX 9 games in medium to high details (see games list beyond).

The RV670 chip has 64 5-dimensional unified shaders with 16 ROPs, 16 TMUs, and 32 TAUs.

The Avivo HD video engine helps the cpu in decoding HD videos (MPEG-2, H.264, VC-1). The HD 3850 houses the UVD+ (Unified Video Decoder) that is capable of decoding MPEG-2, H.265/AVC, and VC-1 nearly fully. The UVD2 in the HD 4000 generation is capable of full bitstream decoding and two video streams can be decoded at once (which UVD+ can not).

Compared to desktop graphics cards, the HD 3850 is similar to the Radeon HD 3850 but features a much lower clock speed, leading to a worse performance.

The power consumption of the HD 3800 series lies between 35-55 Watt.

 

ManufacturerATI
Mobility Radeon HD 3800 Series

Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 640@660MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 3850 320@580MHz

CodenameM88
ArchitectureRV6xx
Pipelines320 - unified
Core Speed *580 MHz
Shader Speed *580 MHz
Memory Speed *750 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Current Consumption55 Watt
Transistors666 Million
technology55 nm
FeaturesHDMI, Dual-Link DVI (wenn vom Hersteller verbaut), HDCP, PCI-Express 2.0
Notebook Sizelarge
Date of Announcement01.12.2007
Information55nm, Display Port with external transmitter
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityrade...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 1653     avg: 1879.5 (5%)     max: 2106 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 1928     avg: 1928 (5%)     max: 1928 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 6075     avg: 6101.3 (21%)     max: 6115 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 8816     avg: 8816 (24%)     max: 8816 Points
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 18761     avg: 18761 (12%)     max: 18761 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 2756     avg: 2756 (25%)     max: 2756 Points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
32.1  fps      Compare
med.:
27  fps      Compare
high:
21.1  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
37.1  fps      Compare
med.:
23.8  fps      Compare
high:
19.7  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings med.. - more...
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
144  fps      Compare
med.:
22  fps      Compare
high:
21  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
World of Warcraft (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
343.8  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Gaming Performance

This benchmarks were conducted with an AMD Puma platform (with a Turion 64 Ultra at 2.4 GHz). Therefore, a fast Core 2 Duo should perform better.

Crysis: 1024x768, medium: 24 fps -> barely playable
World in Conflict: 1024x768, Medium: 30 fps -> playable
Medal of Honor: Airborne: 1024x768, High: 35 fps -> playable

Notebook reviews with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 graphics card

MSI Megabook GT735: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82, 17.0", 3.7 kg
  External Review » MSI Megabook GT735

» Comparison of GPUs
Detailled list of all laptop GPUs with a short description. Classified and sorted by performance.

» Benchmark List
Sortable and restrainable list of all GPUs with benchmarks (e.g. 3DMarks).

» Notebook Gaming List
Which game can be played with my graphics card.

Class 1
Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
GeForce GTX 590
GeForce GTX 680
Radeon HD 7970
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Radeon HD 7870
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6970
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Radeon HD 6870
Radeon HD 5850
Radeon HD 7770
Radeon HD 7770
GeForce GTX 460 768MB
Radeon HD 6790
GeForce GTX 760M *
Radeon HD 5770
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Class 2
GeForce GTS 450
Radeon HD 4850
Class 3
Radeon HD 5670
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 430
Radeon HD 5570
GeForce GT 220
Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Class 4
Class 5
Radeon HD 4350
GeForce G 107M *
Chrome9HD *
PowerVR SGX554MP4 *
Mali-T604 *
Class 6
PowerVR SGX543MP4 *
Adreno 320 *
PowerVR SGX543MP3 *
PowerVR SGX543MP2 *
PowerVR SGX545
PowerVR SGX544 *
Adreno 305 *
Adreno 225 *
Vivante GC4000 *
Mali-400 MP4 *
VideoCore-IV *
Adreno 220 *
Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core
Mali-400 MP2 *
PowerVR SGX540 *
Adreno 205 *
Adreno 203 *
GC800 *
PowerVR SGX535
PowerVR SGX531
PowerVR SGX530
Adreno 200 *
Mali-200 *
unknown *

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2013-01-16)