NVIDIA GRID K280Q vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID K280Q 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GRID K280Q

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID K280Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 745 MHz vs 660 MHz
9x more texture fill rate: 95.36 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
4.8x more pipelines: 1536 vs 320
5.4x better floating-point performance: 2,289 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2840 vs 548
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 371 vs 288

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 June 2013 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	745 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1536 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840 vs 548
PassMark - G2D Mark	371 vs 288

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

4.1x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 225 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 225 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID K280Q
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2840

548

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

371

288

Name	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark	2840	548
PassMark - G2D Mark	371	288
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6555
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3562
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3562
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1312
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1312

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID K280Q	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	M88
Launch date	28 June 2013	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,875
Place in performance rating	541	538
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	745 MHz	660 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,289 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1536	320
Texture fill rate	95.36 GTexel / s	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0