ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and ATI Mobility Radeon X700 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.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 660 MHz vs 350 MHz
75.2x more texture fill rate: 2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
80x more pipelines: 640 vs 8
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 600 MHz
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 67

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2008 vs 1 March 2005
Core clock speed	660 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 2.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 512 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	478 vs 67

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon X700

Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 200 vs 187

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	200 vs 187

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon X700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

478

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

187

200

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
PassMark - G3D Mark	478	67
PassMark - G2D Mark	187	200

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	R400
Code name	M88	M26
Launch date	1 September 2008	1 March 2005
Place in performance rating	881	882
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	660 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	640	8
Texture fill rate	2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec	2.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	120 million
Boost clock speed		350 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0b
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 54.4 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	350 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	128
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
PCIe