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AMD logo Radeon HD 3850

AMD Radeon HD 4870 logo AMD Radeon HD 3850 logo
General information Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 3850
Launched Q3 2012 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 0 % 1024 MB 50 %
Core Clock 750 MHz 0 % 668 MHz 10.9 %
DirectX DirectX 10.1 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL OpenGL 3.3 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 75 W 50 %
Performance Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 3850
Overall Score 18793 0 % 10076 46.4 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 16 % 23.8 %
Benchmark Score 3532 0 % 1015 71.3 %
2D Benchmark Score 45.5 0 % 30 34.1 %
Average DirectX performance 10.7 FPS 0 % 4.5 FPS 58.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 36 FPS 0 % 16 FPS 55.5 %
DirectX 10 performance 7 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 71.5 %
DirectX 11 performance 0 FPS NaN % 0 FPS NaN %
DirectX 12 performance 0 FPS NaN % 0 FPS NaN %
Graphic card computing 0 operations/s NaN % 0 operations/s NaN %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon HD 4870, Radeon HD 3850.

Average frames per second Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 3850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 31.9 FPS 13.2 FPS
High settings 57.5 FPS 23.7 FPS
Medium settings 69.0 FPS 28.5 FPS
Low settings 96.6 FPS 39.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 58.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon HD 4870, Radeon HD 3850.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon HD 4870 Radeon HD 3850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 30.0 FPS 15.1 FPS
High settings 53.9 FPS 27.1 FPS
Medium settings 64.7 FPS 32.6 FPS
Low settings 90.6 FPS 45.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 49.7 %
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