HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) vs Radeon HD 3850 X2
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
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| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 3850 X2
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | Radeon HD 3850 X2 | |
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| GPU Name | Sandy Bridge GT2 () | vs | RV670 (RV670 PRO) |
| Fab Process | 32 nm | vs | 55 nm |
| Die Size | 216 mm² | vs | 192 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 666 million |
| Shaders | 12 | vs | 320 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 669 MHz |
| ROPs | 1 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 1 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | Radeon HD 3850 X2 | |
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| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 828 MHz
1656 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) | | Radeon HD 3850 X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 140 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Feb 2011 | vs | 4 Apr 2008 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better