ATI Radeon HD 3870 vs Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 52 | 1067 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.05 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.96 |
| Architecture | no data | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | no data | RV670 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 March 2026 (less than a year ago) | 19 November 2007 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $269 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 40 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 777 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 666 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 106 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 12.43 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.4973 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 16 |
| TMUs | no data | 16 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | no data | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | LPDDR5x-8533 | GDDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | no data | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | no data | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | no data | 1126 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 72.06 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | no data | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) |
| OpenCL | no data | N/A |
| Vulkan | - | N/A |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 101 | no data |
| 1440p | 57 | no data |
| 4K | 36 | no data |
Cost per frame, $
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 March 2026 | 19 November 2007 |
Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU has an age advantage of 18 years.
We couldn't decide between M5 Max 40-Core GPU and Radeon HD 3870. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Apple M5 Max 40-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 3870 is a desktop one.
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