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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 (compare) 640 @ 660 MHz256 Bit @ 850 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850 320 @ 580 MHz256 Bit @ 750 MHz
CodenameM88
ArchitectureRV6xx
Pipelines320 - unified
Core Speed580 MHz
Memory Speed750 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Transistor Count666 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...

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +
3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
18761 Points (10%)
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
8816 Points (19%)
+ 1 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark 06 +
Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

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 1024x768
32.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
27  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
21.1  fps    + Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Additional Benchmarks
Medium 1920x1200
19.5
Low 1920x1200
29.6
High 1920x1200
11.2
Med 0xAF 0xAA 1400x1050
24.1
High 0xAF 0xAA 1400x1050
15.6
Low 0xAF 0xAA 1600x1200
31.6
Med 0xAF 0xAA 1600x1200
22.1
High 0xAF 0xAA 1600x1200
13.2
Very High 1024x768
14.3
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
37.1  fps    + Compare
med. 1024x768
23.8  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
19.7  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Additional Benchmarks
High 1920x1200
9.7
Medium 1920x1200
17.6
Low 1920x1200
33.5
Med 0xAF 0xAA 1400x1050
22.1
High 0xAF 0xAA 1400x1050
13.3
Low 0xAF 0xAA 1600x1200
36.2
Med 0xAF 0xAA 1600x1200
19.9
High 0xAF 0xAA 1600x1200
11.3
Very High 1024x768
12.7
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
144  fps    + Compare
med. 800x600
22  fps    + Compare
high 1024x768
21  fps    + Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
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

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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", 3.7 kg
  External Review » MSI Megabook GT735

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Playable games for each graphics card and their average FPS results.

Class 1
Class 2
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6970
GeForce GTX 570
Quadro P1000
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Radeon HD 5850
Radeon HD 7770
Radeon HD 7770
GeForce GTX 460 768MB
Radeon HD 6790
Radeon HD 5770
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Radeon HD 4850
Class 3
GeForce GTS 450
Radeon HD 5670
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 430
Class 4
Radeon HD 5570
GeForce GT 220
Class 5
Radeon HD 4350
GeForce G 107M *
Chrome9HD *
Class 6
unknown *

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2016-01-26)