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.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

ATI Radeon X700 PRO

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

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	538	539
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