| Attribute | Radeon HD 3850 AGP × | GeForce GT 9600 × |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | ||
| Release year (year) | 2008 | 2008 |
| Reference card | ATi Radeon HD 3850 AGP 668 MHz 512 MB | - |
| GPU brand | ATI | Nvidia |
| GPU name | RV670 | G94 |
| Market | Desktop | Desktop |
| Clock speed (MHz) | 720 | 650 |
| Is dual GPU | - | - |
| Model | Radeon HD 3850 AGP | GeForce GT 9600 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory (MB) | 512 | 512 |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 58.2 | 57.6 |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 | 256 |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 910 | 900 |
| Effective memory clock speed (MHz) | 1,820 | 1,800 |
| Noise and power | ||
| TDP (W) | 75 | 95 |
| Raw performance | ||
| Pixel rate (GPixel/s) | 11.52 | 10.4 |
| Render output processors | 16 | 16 |
| Texture mapping units | 16 | 32 |
| Shading units | 320 | 64 |
| Floating-point performance (GFLOPS) | 461 | 208 |
| Compute units | 4 | - |
| Texture rate (GTexel/s) | 11.52 | 20.8 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| PassMark | 470 | 739 |
| Cloud Gate Factor | - | 8.79 |
| Face detection (mPixels/s) | - | 0.47 |