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
GPU 1
GPU 2
548
76
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
288
302
Name ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark 548 76
PassMark - G2D Mark 288 302

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Essentials

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

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

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1 9.0b
OpenGL 3.3 2.0

Memory

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

PowerPlay 7.0