ATI Radeon HD 3870 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3870 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 24% higher core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 625 MHz
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 12.43 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 320 vs 32
6.2x better floating-point performance: 497.3 gflops vs 80 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 55 nm vs 80 nm
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 2252 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 555 vs 231

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2007 vs 1 June 2007
Core clock speed	777 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	12.43 GTexel / s vs 10 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 32
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops vs 80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm vs 80 nm
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	555 vs 231

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 106 Watt
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 89 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 106 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	89 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 3870
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

555

231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	ATI Radeon HD 3870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	555	231
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	89
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3131

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 3870	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	Tesla
Code name	RV670	G84
Launch date	19 November 2007	1 June 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$269	$149.90
Place in performance rating	1389	1391
Type	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Core clock speed	777 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops	80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320	32
Texture fill rate	12.43 GTexel / s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	666 million	289 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-HE
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72.1 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory		0