AMD FirePro W5000 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W5000 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).

AMD FirePro W5000

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 660 MHz
3.8x more texture fill rate: 39.6 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 768 vs 320
3x better floating-point performance: 1,267 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
Around 88% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 1700 MHz
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2989 vs 548
Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 569 vs 288

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 August 2012 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2989 vs 548
PassMark - G2D Mark	569 vs 288

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

6.4x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 350 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 350 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W5000
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2989

548

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

569

288

Name	AMD FirePro W5000	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark	2989	548
PassMark - G2D Mark	569	288
Geekbench - OpenCL	9969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	771.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.758
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4308
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W5000	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Pitcairn	M88
Launch date	7 August 2012	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	563	565
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	660 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,267 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	320
Texture fill rate	39.6 GTexel / s	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	2
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Half Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0