AMD Radeon R9 370X vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 370X 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R9 370X

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 370X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 980 MHz vs 660 MHz
7.8x more texture fill rate: 82.4 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
6.2x better floating-point performance: 2,637 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
3.3x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1700 MHz

Launch date	27 August 2015 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	980 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1700 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 370X
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Name	AMD Radeon R9 370X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Geekbench - OpenCL	25659
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1139.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.39
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	88.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	337.583
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3348
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3704
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3348
PassMark - G3D Mark		548
PassMark - G2D Mark		288

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 370X	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale
Code name	Trinidad	M88
Launch date	27 August 2015	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$199
Place in performance rating	543	540
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	980 MHz	660 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,637 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1280	320
Texture fill rate	82.4 GTexel / s	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	221 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
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	179.2 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0