| Attribute | Radeon HD 3850 AGP × | GeForce 9800M GS × |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Laptop |
| Clock speed (MHz) | 720 | 530 |
| Is dual GPU | - | - |
| Model | Radeon HD 3850 AGP | GeForce 9800M GS |
| Memory | ||
| Memory (MB) | 512 | 512 |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 58.2 | 51.2 |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 | 256 |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 910 | 800 |
| Effective memory clock speed (MHz) | 1,820 | 1,600 |
| Noise and power | ||
| TDP (W) | 75 | 60 |
| Raw performance | ||
| Pixel rate (GPixel/s) | 11.52 | 8.48 |
| Render output processors | 16 | 16 |
| Texture mapping units | 16 | 32 |
| Shading units | 320 | 64 |
| Floating-point performance (GFLOPS) | 461 | 170 |
| Compute units | 4 | - |
| Texture rate (GTexel/s) | 11.52 | 16.96 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| PassMark | 470 | 551 |