ATI Radeon HD 5830 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 5830 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

ATI Radeon HD 5830

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5830

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 800 MHz vs 660 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 44.8 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
3.5x more pipelines: 1120 vs 320
4.2x better floating-point performance: 1,792.0 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1733 vs 548
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 402 vs 288

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 February 2010 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	800 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1120 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1733 vs 548
PassMark - G2D Mark	402 vs 288

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

3.2x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 5830
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1733

548

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

288

Name	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark	1733	548
PassMark - G2D Mark	402	288
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 5830	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	TeraScale
Code name	Cypress	M88
Design	ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Launch date	25 February 2010	4 June 2008
Place in performance rating	536	537
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	800 MHz
Core clock speed	800 MHz	660 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,792.0 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1120	320
Texture fill rate	44.8 GTexel / s	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	2,154 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	282 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
PowerPlay 7.0