AMD Radeon E8870 vs ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E8870 and ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), 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 Radeon E8870

ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 669 MHz
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 2x 320
Around 79% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 140 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3368 vs 822
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 September 2015 vs 4 April 2008
Core clock speed	1000 MHz vs 669 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1656 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368 vs 822
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 422

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

4.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E8870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3368

822

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

422

Name	AMD Radeon E8870	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	3368	822
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.11
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18191

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E8870	ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	Saturn	RV670
Launch date	29 September 2015	4 April 2008
Place in performance rating	341	344
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	669 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	2x 428.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	768	2x 320
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	2x 10.7 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	2x 53.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1656 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3