Your Graphics Research
Your Graphics Research
| Recommended System Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Game | Radeon HD 8850M | HD i3 2357M |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 528% | 3377% |
| Hitman 3 | 717% | 4423% |
| Assassins Creed: Valhalla | 474% | 3080% |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 456% | 2977% |
| FIFA 21 | 217% | 1654% |
| Grand Theft Auto VI | 783% | 4792% |
| Far Cry 6 | 808% | 4931% |
| Genshin Impact | 528% | 3377% |
| Battlefield 6 | 717% | 4423% |
| Resident Evil 8 | 528% | 3377% |
In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the AMD Radeon HD 8850M are massively better than the Intel HD i3 2357M.
The Radeon HD 8850M was released over a year more recently than the HD i3 2357M, and so the Radeon HD 8850M is likely to have better driver support, meaning it will be more optimized for running the latest games when compared to the HD i3 2357M.
The Radeon HD 8850M has 2048 MB video memory, but the HD i3 2357M does not have an entry, so the two GPUs cannot be reliably compared in this area.
The Radeon HD 8850M has 640 Shader Processing Units and the HD i3 2357M has 12. However, the actual shader performance of the Radeon HD 8850M is 496 and the actual shader performance of the HD i3 2357M is 13. The Radeon HD 8850M having 483 better shader performance and an altogether better performance when taking into account other relevant data means that the Radeon HD 8850M delivers a significantly smoother and more efficient experience when processing graphical data than the HD i3 2357M.
The Radeon HD 8850M requires 45 Watts to run and the HD i3 2357M requires 17 Watts. The Radeon HD 8850M requires 28 Watts more than the HD i3 2357M to run. The difference is not significant enough for the Radeon HD 8850M to have a noticeably larger impact on your yearly electricity bills than the HD i3 2357M.
| Core Speed | 625 MHz |  | vs | 350 MHz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 775 MHz | | vs | - | |
| Architecture | GCN 1.1 Venus PRO | Sandy Bridge | |||
| OC Potential | Fair |
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vs | None | |
| Driver Support | - | vs | - | ||
| Release Date | 01 Apr 2013 | | vs | 30 May 2011 | |
| GPU Link | GD Link | GD Link | |||
| Approved | | | |||
| Comparison | |||||
| 1366x768 | 7.2
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vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600x900 | 5.5
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vs | - | |
| 1920x1080 | 4.1
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vs | - | |
| 2560x1440 | 2.6
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vs | - | |
| 3840x2160 | 1.8
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vs | - | |
| Memory | 2048 MB | | vs | N/A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz | | vs | 667 MHz | |
| Memory Bus | 128 Bit | | vs | | 128 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3 | | vs | | DDR3 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 32GB/sec | | vs | 21.3GB/sec | |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | |
vs | - | |
| Delta Color Compression | no | vs | no | ||
| Memory Performance | 0% | |
vs | |
0% |
| Comparison | |||||
| Shader Processing Units | 640 | | vs | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Shader Performance | 24% | | vs | 1% | |
| Technology | 28nm | | vs | - | |
| Texture Mapping Units | 40 | | vs | - | |
| Texture Rate | 25 GTexel/s | | vs | - | |
| Render Output Units | 16 | | vs | - | |
| Pixel Rate | 10 GPixel/s | | vs | - | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Digital Resolution (WxH) | - | | vs | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGA Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DVI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| HDMI Connections | 0 | vs | - | ||
| DisplayPort Connections | - | vs | - | ||
| Comparison | |||||
| Max Power | 45 Watts | vs | | 17 Watts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended PSU | - | - | |||
| DirectX | 11.1 | | vs | 10.1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shader Model | 5.0 | | vs | 4.1 | |
| Open GL | 4.2 | | vs | 3.1 | |
| Open CL | - | vs | - | ||
| Notebook GPU | yes | yes | |||
| SLI/Crossfire | yes | | vs | no | |
| Dedicated | yes | | vs | no | |
| Comparison | |||||
| Recommended Processor | Intel Core i5-3360M 2.8GHz | - | |||
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| Recommended RAM | 8 GB | - | |||
| Maximum Recommended Gaming Resolution | 1366x768 | | - | ||
| Performance Value |  | ||||
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| Mini Review | Overview Radeon HD 8850M is a Performance Mobile Graphics Card based on the Second Revision of the GCN Architecture. Architecture The GCN 1.1 Release adds support for AMD's TrueAudio Technology which does calculations of audio effects "better" than the CPU and further improves the Powertune Technology. GPU It equips a GPU codenamed Venus PRO which has 10 Compute Units activated and thus offers 640 Shader Processing Units, 40 TMUs and 16 ROPs. The Central Unit Initially Operates at 625MHz and goes up to 775MHz, in Turbo Mode. Memory The GPU accesses a 2GB frame buffer of DDR3, through a 128-bit memory interface. The size of the frame buffer is exaggerated and in no way benefits the GPU. The memory clock operates at 1000MHz. Features DirectX 11.0 Support (11.0 Hardware Default) and support for Crossfire, PowerTune Technology, Eyefinity, App Acceleration, HD3D, ZeroCore Power and other technologies. Power Consumption With a rated board TDP of 45W, it is suited for 17" or larger laptops. Performance Gaming benchmarks put its performance somewhat above NVIDIA's GeForce GT 750M. System Suggestions We recommend a Decent Processor (Intel Core i5 Mobile) and 8GB of RAM for a system with Radeon HD 8850M. | HD i3 2357M is specific version of Intel HD 3000 graphics that is built into the 'Intel Core i3 2357M' processor. You can only play most of the latest games like Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Crysis 2 on the lowest settings, but you might experience a small lag. Less demanding games will run from medium to high settings. | |||
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| Recommended CPU | - | ||||
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| Possible GPU Upgrades | N/A | N/A | |||
| GPU Variants | - | - | |||