ATI Radeon HD 3850
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
ATI Radeon HD 3850
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between ATI Radeon HD 3850  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT.

907
Place in performance rating
not rated
no data
Value for money (0-100)
0.71
TeraScale
Architecture
Tesla
RV670
Code name
G84
Desktop
Type
Desktop
19 November 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
$179
Launch price (MSRP)
$159
$30 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$113 (0.7x MSRP)
0.37
Value for money
no data
RV670
GPU code name
G84
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between ATI Radeon HD 3850  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

320
Pipelines
32
668 MHz
Core clock speed
540 MHz
666 million
Transistor count
289 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
47 Watt
10.69
Texture fill rate
8.6 billion/sec
427.5 gflops
Floating-point performance
76.16 gflops
320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
666 million
Number of transistors
289 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
47 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards ATI Radeon HD 3850 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
208 mm
Length
170 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
SLI options
+

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between ATI Radeon HD 3850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1660 MHz
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
53.12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s
no data
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between ATI Radeon HD 3850 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders ATI Radeon HD 3850 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

10.1 (10_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
3.3
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for ATI Radeon HD 3850 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the ATI Radeon HD 3850 or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3850
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Death Stranding (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3850
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
F1 2020 (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3850
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3850
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3850
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 3850

1.62% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($30 (0.2x MSRP) vs $113 (0.7x MSRP))

More pipelines (320 vs 32)

Finer manufacturing process technology (55 nm vs 80 nm)

More memory bandwidth (53.12 GB/s vs 22.4 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Less power consumption (47 Watt vs 75 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

So, ATI Radeon HD 3850 or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 3850 .

ATI Radeon HD 3850 versus NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Passmark

Benchmark Passmark: Graphic cards performance test result. Check Passmark test results of GPUs on hitesti.com

User rating

4.4 Out of 39 Hitesti Score
3.0 Out of 66 Hitesti Score