AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 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: 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 660 MHz
36.4x more texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
12.8x more pipelines: 4096 vs 320
29.1x better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 320
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1704 MHz vs 1700 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

5.5x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 300 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Name	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6958
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1634
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1846
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1846
Geekbench - OpenCL	68562
PassMark - G3D Mark		548
PassMark - G2D Mark		288

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	TeraScale
Code name	Vega 10	M88
Launch date	27 June 2017	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	562	565
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	660 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	4096	320
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	482.8 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1704 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0