ATI Radeon HD 5770 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5770 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 5770

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5770

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 825 MHz
Around 25% higher pipelines: 800 vs 2x 320
Around 29% better floating-point performance: 1,360.0 gflops vs 2x 528.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 108 Watt vs 165 Watt
2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1802 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1345 vs 587
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 335 vs 117

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 October 2009 vs 26 January 2008
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 825 MHz
Pipelines	800 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops vs 2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 Watt vs 165 Watt
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1802 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1345 vs 587
PassMark - G2D Mark	335 vs 117

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

6.3x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 34.0 GTexel / s
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3336 vs 2799
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3336 vs 2799

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 34.0 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3336 vs 2799
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3336 vs 2799

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5770
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1345

587

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

335

117

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2799

3336

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2799

3336

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5770	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	1345	587
PassMark - G2D Mark	335	117
Geekbench - OpenCL	10495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	459.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	27.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	48.793
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2799	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2636
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2673
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2799	3336
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5770	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
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$449
Place in performance rating	1094	1211
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	850 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,360.0 gflops	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	800	2x 320
Texture fill rate	34.0 GTexel / s	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	108 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	208 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	76.8 GB / s	2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz	1802 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity