ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 25% higher pipelines: 800 vs 2x 320
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 1,120.0 gflops vs 2x 528.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 165 Watt
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1802 MHz
Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1092 vs 587
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 223 vs 117

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 26 January 2008
Pipelines	800 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops vs 2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1802 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1092 vs 587
PassMark - G2D Mark	223 vs 117

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 700 MHz
7.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 28 GTexel / s
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3336 vs 3077
Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3336 vs 3077

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 28 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336 vs 3077
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336 vs 3077

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1092

587

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

223

117

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3077

3336

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3077

3336

Name	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1092	587
PassMark - G2D Mark	223	117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	585.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	20.108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	98.606
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3077	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2070
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1679
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3077	3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Broadway	R680
Launch date	7 January 2010	26 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1205	1208
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,120.0 gflops	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	800	2x 320
Texture fill rate	28 GTexel / s	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	64.0 GB / s	2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1802 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
HDMI 1.3a