ATI Radeon HD 5750 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5750 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5750

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5750

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 13% higher pipelines: 720 vs 2x 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 86 Watt vs 165 Watt
2.6x more memory clock speed: 4600 MHz vs 1802 MHz
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1168 vs 587
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 338 vs 117

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 October 2009 vs 26 January 2008
Pipelines	720 vs 2x 320
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	86 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz vs 1802 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1168 vs 587
PassMark - G2D Mark	338 vs 117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 3336

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Around 18% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 700 MHz
8.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Around 5% better floating-point performance: 2x 528.0 gflops vs 1,008.0 gflops

Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2x 528.0 gflops vs 1,008.0 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5750
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1168

587

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

338

117

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

3336

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3347

3336

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5750	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1168	587
PassMark - G2D Mark	338	117
Geekbench - OpenCL	1039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	7.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	460.31
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	23.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	53.346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1757
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2124
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1757
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347	3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5750	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Juniper	R680
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	13 October 2009	26 January 2008
Place in performance rating	1209	1211
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	700 MHz
Core clock speed	700 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,008.0 gflops	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	720	2x 320
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	86 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	178 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	73.6 GB / s	2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4600 MHz	1802 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity