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.
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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 | ATI Mobility Radeon X700 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 478 | 67 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 187 | 200 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 | ATI Mobility Radeon X700 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | R400 |
Code name | M88 | M26 |
Launch date | 1 September 2008 | 1 March 2005 |
Place in performance rating | 879 | 880 |
Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | medium sized |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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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 |
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