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AMD logo Radeon HD 3850

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General information Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 3850
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 8192 MB 0 % 1024 MB 87.5 %
Core Clock 1266 MHz 0 % 668 MHz 47.2 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 75 W 50 %
Performance Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 3850
Overall Score 47211 0 % 10076 78.7 %
Future Proof 46 % 0 % 16 % 65.2 %
Benchmark Score 22289 0 % 1015 95.4 %
2D Benchmark Score 776.4 0 % 30 96.1 %
Average DirectX performance 65.7 FPS 0 % 4.5 FPS 93.1 %
DirectX 9 performance 121.1 FPS 0 % 16 FPS 86.8 %
DirectX 10 performance 42.8 FPS 0 % 2 FPS 95.3 %
DirectX 11 performance 57.5 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 41.3 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 3584.1 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon RX 480, Radeon HD 3850.

Average frames per second Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 3850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.0 FPS 13.2 FPS
High settings 190.8 FPS 23.7 FPS
Medium settings 228.9 FPS 28.5 FPS
Low settings 320.5 FPS 39.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 87.6 %

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 RX 480, Radeon HD 3850.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon RX 480 Radeon HD 3850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.7 FPS 15.1 FPS
High settings 141.7 FPS 27.1 FPS
Medium settings 170.0 FPS 32.6 FPS
Low settings 238.0 FPS 45.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 80.8 %
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