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.

benchmarks

3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 18761, avg: 18761, max: 18761 Points ... More Details

3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 8816, avg: 8816, max: 8816 Points ... More Details

3DMark 06:
0% 100%
      min: 6075, avg: 6101, max: 6115 Points ... More Details

Cinebench R10: - Shading
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      min: 2756, avg: 2756, max: 2756 Points ... More Details

3DMark Vantage: - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
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      min: 1653, avg: 1653, max: 1653 Points ... More Details

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 7 benchmarks

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.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010) - Approximation!

ultra:

4+ fps (GeForce G 210M)

high:

9+ fps (GeForce G 210M)

med.:

15+ fps (GeForce G 210M)

low:

28+ fps (GeForce G 210M)

CoD Modern Warfare 2 (2009) - Approximation!

ultra:

21+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

high:

35+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

med.:

42+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

low:

124+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

Risen (2009) - Approximation!

ultra:

12+ fps (GeForce GT 240M)

high:

20+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

med.:

27+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

low:

67+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

Need for Speed Shift (2009) - Approximation!

high:

20+ fps (GeForce GT 230M)

med.:

29+ fps (GeForce GT 230M)

low:

52+ fps (GeForce GT 230M)

Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009) - Approximation!

ultra:

13+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

high:

39+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

med.:

48+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

low:

79+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

Anno 1404 (2009) - Approximation!

ultra:

24+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

low:

60+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

Sims 3 (2009) - Approximation!

high:

49+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

med.:

99+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

low:

233+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

F.E.A.R. 2 (2009) - Approximation!

ultra:

9+ fps (GeForce G 210M)

high:

32+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

med.:

59+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

low:

69+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008) - Approximation!

high:

26+ fps (GeForce GT 130M)

med.:

26+ fps (GeForce GT 130M)

low:

38+ fps (GeForce GT 130M)

Left 4 Dead (2008) - Approximation!

high:

70+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

low:

122+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

Far Cry 2 (2008) - Approximation!

high:

35+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

low:

81+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

Crysis Warhead (2008) - Approximation!

ultra:

7+ fps (GeForce 9600M GT)

low:

45+ fps (GeForce 9600M GT)

Racedriver: GRID (2008) - Approximation!

high:

29+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

med.:

50+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

low:

97+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008) - Approximation!

high:

29+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

med.:

50+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

low:

97+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007) - Approximation!

high:

60+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

med.:

60+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

low:

226+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007) - Approximation!

high:

28+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

med.:

30+ fps (Quadro FX 880M)

low:

58+ fps (GeForce Go 7900 GTX)

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

low:

32.1

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

med.:

27

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

high:

21.1

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

» With most tested laptops not playable.

Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)

low:

37.1

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

med.:

23.8

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

high:

19.7

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007) - Approximation!

high:

29+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

med.:

58+ fps (GeForce GT 330M)

low:

89+ fps (GeForce G 210M)

Command and Conquer III (2007) - Approximation!

high:

30+ fps (GeForce 8700M GT)

Call of Juarez Benchmark (2006) - Approximation!

high:

36+ fps (GeForce GT 240M)

The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion (2006) - Approximation!

high:

41+ fps (GeForce 9600M GT)

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005) - Approximation!

high:

126+ fps (GeForce GT 240M)

Quake 4 (2005) - Approximation!

ultra:

112+ fps (GeForce Go 7800 GTX SLI)

high:

115+ fps (GeForce Go 7800 GTX SLI)

med.:

116+ fps (GeForce Go 7800 GTX SLI)

low:

116+ fps (GeForce Go 7800 GTX SLI)

F.E.A.R. (2005)

low:

144

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

med.:

22

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

high:

21

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

World of Warcraft (2005) - Approximation!

high:

22+ fps (GeForce GT 130M)

med.:

90+ fps (GeForce GT 130M)

low:

261+ fps (GeForce GT 130M)

Counter-Strike Source (2004) - Approximation!

high:

205+ fps (GeForce GT 240M)

low:

30+ fps (Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100)

Doom 3 (2004) - Approximation!

ultra:

177+ fps (GeForce Go 7950 GTX)

high:

190+ fps (GeForce Go 7950 GTX)

med.:

191+ fps (GeForce Go 7950 GTX)

low:

189+ fps (GeForce Go 7950 GTX)

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

high:

343.8

[X] GT735
AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-82 2.2GHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 (480MHz), 512MB (1500MHz) GDDR3, ATI Catalyst 8.6, 8.502.0.0
4096MB RAM

 fps

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

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