ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 and ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 130 nm
20.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 709 vs 34
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 224 vs 187

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 January 2008 vs 17 October 2007
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 130 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	709 vs 34
PassMark - G2D Mark	224 vs 187

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
GPU 2: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

709

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

224

187

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2	ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	709	34
PassMark - G2D Mark	224	187
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2	ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Rage 8
Code name	R680	RC410
Launch date	26 January 2008	17 October 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	934	935
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	825 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	2x 320
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt
Transistor count	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 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1802 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3