ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

ATI Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
7.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 106 Watt
Around 42% higher memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 2252 MHz
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 362 vs 57

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 19 November 2007
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 106 Watt
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 2252 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	362 vs 57

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 750 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 12.43 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 320 vs 80
4.1x better floating-point performance: 497.3 gflops vs 120 gflops
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 552 vs 236
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3131 vs 1679
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3131 vs 1679

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.43 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 80
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops vs 120 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	552 vs 236
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3131 vs 1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3131 vs 1679

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

236

552

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

362

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1679

3131

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1679

3131

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470	ATI Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark	236	552
PassMark - G2D Mark	362	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	2112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1247
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1679	3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1679	3131

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470	ATI Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Park	RV670
Launch date	7 January 2010	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1077	1398
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Core clock speed	750 MHz	777 MHz
Floating-point performance	120 gflops	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	80	320
Texture fill rate	6 GTexel / s	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	2252 MHz
Memory type	DDR2, GDDR2, DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0