AMD FirePro W4190M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W4190M 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W4190M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 660 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 21.6 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 64% better floating-point performance: 691.2 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1168 vs 548
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 November 2015 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1168 vs 548

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 288 vs 183
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 288 vs 183

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W4190M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1168
548
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
183
288
Name AMD FirePro W4190M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark 1168 548
PassMark - G2D Mark 183 288
Geekbench - OpenCL 23384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 284.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.417
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2529
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3889
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2529
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3889

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD FirePro W4190M ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 TeraScale
Code name Opal M88
Launch date 12 November 2015 4 June 2008
Place in performance rating 1065 537
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 900 MHz
Core clock speed 825 MHz 660 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 320
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 10.56 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 666 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 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 64 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

AppAcceleration
Enduro
Powerplay
PowerPlay 7.0