ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition and ATI Mobility 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition

  • Around 18% higher core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 660 MHz
  • Around 18% higher texture fill rate: 12.43 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 497.3 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
  • Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Core clock speed 777 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate 12.43 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 497.3 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Memory clock speed 2252 MHz vs 1700 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

  • Around 93% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 106 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 Watt vs 106 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Name ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark 548
PassMark - G2D Mark 288

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale TeraScale
Code name RV670 M88
Launch date 12 June 2008 4 June 2008
Place in performance rating not rated 537
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 777 MHz 660 MHz
Floating-point performance 497.3 gflops 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 320 320
Texture fill rate 12.43 GTexel / s 10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 106 Watt 55 Watt
Transistor count 666 million 666 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 241 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 72.1 GB / s 54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2252 MHz 1700 MHz
Memory type GDDR4 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

PowerPlay 7.0