Radeon HD 3850 X2 vs GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 3850 X2 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) |
| 111 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 3850 X2 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 3850 X2
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 3850 X2 | | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) | |
|---|
| GPU Name | RV670 (RV670 PRO) | vs | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 192 mm² | vs | 79 mm² |
| Transistors | 666 million | vs | 292 million |
| Shaders | 320 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 4 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 669 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 3850 X2 | | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit x2 | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 828 MHz
1656 MHz effective | vs | 898 MHz
1796 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 3850 X2 | | GeForce GT 710 (Fermi) | |
|---|
| TDP | 140 watts | vs | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 4 Apr 2008 | vs | 22 Aug 2014 |
Radeon HD 3850 X2
21.40 GP/s
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
1.62 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3850 X2
21.40 GT/s
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
6.48 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 3850 X2
106.00 GB/s
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
14.37 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 3850 X2
856.40 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 710 (Fermi)
155.52 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better