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.

Mobility Radeon HD 3800 Series

Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2	640 @ 0.66 GHz	256 Bit @ 850 MHz
Mobility Radeon HD 3850	320 @ 0.58 GHz	256 Bit @ 750 MHz

Codename

M88

Architecture

RV6xx

Pipelines

320 - unified

Core Speed

580 MHz

Memory Speed

750 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1

Power Consumption

55 Watt

Transistor Count

666 Million

technology

55 nm

Features

HDMI, Dual-Link DVI (wenn vom Hersteller verbaut), HDCP, PCI-Express 2.0

Notebook Size

large

Date of Announcement

01.12.2007

Information

55nm, Display Port with external transmitter

Link to Manufacturer Page

http://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityrade...

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total

min: 1653 avg: 1880 median: 1879.5 (1%) max: 2106 Points

+ 2 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	ZM-82	Mobility Radeon HD 3850 0.5 GB		1653
	ZM-82	Mobility Radeon HD 3850 486 / 598 MHz 0.5 GB	3.2 GB	2106

3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +

3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX

1928 Points (1%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications - Hide comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
	ZM-82	Mobility Radeon HD 3850 486 / 598 MHz 0.5 GB	3.2 GB	1928

ATI Radeon HD 3200 -97%

...

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI -8%

Intel UHD Graphics 605 -7%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v -6%

AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri) -6%

AMD Radeon HD 8610G -6%

AMD Radeon HD 8450G -4%

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell) -4%

NVIDIA GeForce 610M -2%

NVIDIA NVS 4200M -2%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) 0%

AMD Radeon HD 7450M 1%

Intel HD Graphics 4200 3%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M 4%

AMD Radeon HD 6490M 5%

AMD Radeon HD 7620G 5%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 6%

Intel UHD Graphics 600 7%

Intel HD Graphics 505 8%

...

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU 5213%

100%

3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard

18761 Points (10%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI GT735	ZM-82	Mobility Radeon HD 3850 480 / 1500 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	18761

3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard

8816 Points (10%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications - Hide comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI GT735	ZM-82	Mobility Radeon HD 3850 480 / 1500 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	8816

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500 -98%

...

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M -4%

AMD Radeon HD 6540G2 -4%

ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 -3%

Intel HD Graphics 615 -2%

Intel HD Graphics 4400 -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M -1%

AMD Radeon HD 7550M -1%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT -1%

AMD Radeon HD 6755G2 0%

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850

NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS 0%

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) 0%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 3%

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M 3%

NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT 3%

Intel HD Graphics 515 4%

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS 4%

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M 5%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M 7%

...

AMD Radeon 680M 520%

100%

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings +

3DMark 06

6114 points (8%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings
(3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings)	ZM-86	Mobility Radeon HD 3850 0.5 GB	4 GB	6114

3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +

3DMark 06

min: 6075 avg: 6095 median: 6095 (8%) max: 6115 Points

+ 2 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024
(3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	ZM-82	Mobility Radeon HD 3850 0.5 GB		6075
MSI GT735 (3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024)	ZM-82	Mobility Radeon HD 3850 480 / 1500 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	6115

Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +

Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)

2756 points (2%)

+ 1 benchmarks and specifications + Show comparison chart

Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
MSI GT735	ZM-82	Mobility Radeon HD 3850 480 / 1500 MHz 0.5 GB	4 GB	2756

- 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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007

32.1 fps + Compare

27 fps + Compare

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

2007

37.1 fps + Compare

23.8 fps + Compare

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.

2005

144 fps + Compare

22 fps + Compare

21 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999

343.8 fps + Compare

» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

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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