NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 80% higher pipelines: 1152 vs 2x 320
Around 94% better floating-point performance: 2,046 gflops vs 2x 528.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1536 MB vs 2x 512 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5600 MHz vs 1802 MHz
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3336
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3336

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2013 vs 26 January 2008
Pipelines	1152 vs 2x 320
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops vs 2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 165 Watt
Maximum memory size	1536 MB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz vs 1802 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3336

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

2.5x more texture fill rate: 2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 85.25 GTexel / s

Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 823 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 85.25 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3336

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3336

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3336
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3336
Geekbench - OpenCL	11266
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1333
PassMark - G3D Mark		709
PassMark - G2D Mark		224

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 OEM	ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK104	R680
Launch date	27 June 2013	26 January 2008
Place in performance rating	931	934
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	888 MHz
Core clock speed	823 MHz	825 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,046 gflops	2x 528.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	1152	2x 320
Texture fill rate	85.25 GTexel / s	2x 13.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.4 GB / s	2x 57.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5600 MHz	1802 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3