ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs ATI Radeon HD 3300 IGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and ATI Radeon HD 3300 IGP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

ATI Radeon HD 3300 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

Around 34% higher core clock speed: 660 MHz vs 494 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 65 nm
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 478 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	660 MHz vs 494 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	478 vs 127

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3300 IGP

Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 373 vs 187

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	373 vs 187

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3300 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

478

127

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

187

373

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2	ATI Radeon HD 3300 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	478	127
PassMark - G2D Mark	187	373
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		815
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		815

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2	ATI Radeon HD 3300 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale
Code name	M88	RS780
Launch date	1 September 2008	6 August 2008
Place in performance rating	869	870
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	660 MHz	494 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	2x 10.56 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	110 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	180 million
Boost clock speed		695 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
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3
Shared memory	0