AMD FirePro M6000 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro M6000 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD FirePro M6000

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 660 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 32 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
2.4x better floating-point performance: 1,024 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 43 Watt vs 55 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 288
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1820 vs 548

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 July 2012 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt vs 55 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	776 vs 288
PassMark - G3D Mark	1820 vs 548

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro M6000
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

776

288

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1820

548

Name	AMD FirePro M6000	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Geekbench - OpenCL	8095
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3024
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1832
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
PassMark - G2D Mark	776	288
PassMark - G3D Mark	1820	548

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro M6000	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Heathrow	M88
Launch date	1 July 2012	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	539	542
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	800 MHz	660 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	320
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	43 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	n / a
Form factor	MXM-B
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	medium sized	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0