NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI  vs  ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP.

416
Place in performance rating
900
G9x
Architecture
TeraScale
N10E-GTX
Code name
RV670
Laptop
Type
Desktop
2 March 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
3 January 2008 (13 years ago)
$149
Price now
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3.51
Value for money
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N10E-GTX
GPU code name
RV670
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI  vs  ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP 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.

256
Pipelines
320
585 MHz
Core clock speed
668 MHz
1508 Million
Transistor count
666 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
150 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
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Texture fill rate
10.69
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Floating-point performance
427.5 gflops
256
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
1508 Million
Number of transistors
666 million
150 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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Interface
AGP 8x
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
large
Laptop size
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
950 MHz
Memory clock speed
1656 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
52.99 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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CUDA
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HybridPower
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PureVideo HD
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API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP 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. 

DirectX 10, Shader 4.0
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
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OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI and ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI or ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI
ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP
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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI

7.91% faster in synthetic tests

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP

More pipelines (320 vs 256)

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 2 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI or ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M SLI versus ATI Radeon HD 3850 AGP performance benchmarks comparison

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