AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile and ATI Radeon HD 3870 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 58% better floating-point performance: 1,664 gflops vs 2x 528.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
  • 16.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1633 vs 709
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 375 vs 224
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 26 October 2017 vs 26 January 2008
Floating-point performance 1,664 gflops vs 2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1633 vs 709
PassMark - G2D Mark 375 vs 224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 vs 3336

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 4.1x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 52 GTexel / s
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB
Core clock speed 825 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 52 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size 2x 512 MB vs 256 MB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1633
709
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
375
224
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
3336
Name AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark 1633 709
PassMark - G2D Mark 375 224
Geekbench - OpenCL 10265
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 29.977
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 309.874
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.177
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 167.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 3336

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 Mobile ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 TeraScale
Code name Raven R680
Launch date 26 October 2017 26 January 2008
Place in performance rating 947 944
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $449

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 825 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,664 gflops 2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 640 2x 320
Texture fill rate 52 GTexel / s 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 165 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million 666 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory type DDR4 GDDR3
Memory clock speed 1802 MHz