AMD Radeon HD 6870 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6870 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2 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 - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon HD 6870

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6870

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
14x more pipelines: 1120 vs 80
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
23.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2216 vs 94
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 410 vs 206

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 October 2010 vs 8 January 2009
Pipelines	1120 vs 80
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2216 vs 94
PassMark - G2D Mark	410 vs 206

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6870
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2216

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

410

206

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6870	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2216	94
PassMark - G2D Mark	410	206
Geekbench - OpenCL	4950
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	16.41
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	857.798
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.514
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	184.41
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6870	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	RV6xx
Code name	Barts	M82-XT + RS780M
Design	AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch date	21 October 2010	8 January 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$239
Place in performance rating	840	842
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	38.38
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,016.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1120	80
Texture fill rate	50.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	151 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million	362 Million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	220 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1050 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire