ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 vs ATI Radeon X700 PRO
Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 and ATI Radeon X700 PRO 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
- Around 55% higher core clock speed: 660 MHz vs 425 MHz
- 3.1x more texture fill rate: 10.56 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 110 nm
- 4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
- Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 860 MHz
- 7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 548 vs 76
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 4 June 2008 vs 1 September 2004 |
Core clock speed | 660 MHz vs 425 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 10.56 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm vs 110 nm |
Maximum memory size | 512 MB vs 128 MB |
Memory clock speed | 1700 MHz vs 860 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 548 vs 76 |
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 PRO
- Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 55 Watt
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 302 vs 288
Specifications (specs) | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 33 Watt vs 55 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 302 vs 288 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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Name | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 | ATI Radeon X700 PRO |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 548 | 76 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 288 | 302 |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 | ATI Radeon X700 PRO | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | R400 |
Code name | M88 | RV410 |
Launch date | 4 June 2008 | 1 September 2004 |
Place in performance rating | 537 | 538 |
Type | Laptop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $179 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 660 MHz | 425 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 422.4 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 110 nm |
Pipelines | 320 | |
Texture fill rate | 10.56 GTexel / s | 3.4 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 55 Watt | 33 Watt |
Transistor count | 666 million | 120 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Laptop size | large | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 9.0b |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 128 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 54.4 GB / s | 13.76 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1700 MHz | 860 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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PowerPlay 7.0 |