NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M and ATI 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

ATI Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1436 MHz vs 777 MHz
Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 38 Watt vs 106 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 645 vs 555
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3329 vs 3131
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3329 vs 3131

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 19 November 2007
Core clock speed	1436 MHz vs 777 MHz
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s vs 12.43 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt vs 106 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	645 vs 555
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329 vs 3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329 vs 3131

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
Around 80% better floating-point performance: 497.3 gflops vs 275.71 gflops
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 53

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	320 vs 96
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops vs 275.71 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

645

555

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3131

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3329

3131

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	ATI Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark	645	555
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	58
Geekbench - OpenCL	11217
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3329	3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3329	3131

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M	ATI Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT215	RV670
Launch date	7 January 2010	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1387	1390
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$269
Technical info
Core clock speed	1436 MHz	777 MHz
CUDA cores	96
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	497.3 gflops
Gigaflops	413
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	96	320
Texture fill rate	17.6 GTexel / s	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	38 Watt	106 Watt
Transistor count	727 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options	2-way
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB / s	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Memory clock speed		2252 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management	8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI