ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs GeForce 945M

Place in the ranking	610	858
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	5.03	1.41
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GM107	M88
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	27 October 2015 (9 years ago)	1 September 2008 (16 years ago)

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	640	320
Core clock speed	928 MHz	660 MHz
Boost clock speed	1020 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	40.80	10.56
Floating-point processing power	1.306 TFLOPS	0.4224 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	16
TMUs	40	16

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	54.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	-
GameWorks	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 945M 5.48
+144%

ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 2.25

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GeForce 945M 13507
+95.9%

ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 6895

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

27
+170%

10−12

−170%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Elden Ring	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +91.7%	12−14 −91.7%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
Valorant	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Dota 2	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Elden Ring	14−16 +367%	3−4 −367%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +85.7%	14−16 −85.7%
Fortnite	30−35 +167%	12−14 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +91.7%	12−14 −91.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +333%	3−4 −333%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 +109%	21−24 −109%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +77.8%	9−10 −77.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18 +100%	9−10 −100%
Valorant	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%
World of Tanks	85−90 +110%	40−45 −110%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Dota 2	18−20 +260%	5−6 −260%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +85.7%	14−16 −85.7%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +91.7%	12−14 −91.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 +109%	21−24 −109%
Valorant	14−16 +150%	6−7 −150%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Elden Ring	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Grand Theft Auto V	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	35−40 +133%	14−16 −133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
World of Tanks	35−40 +160%	14−16 −160%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +83.3%	6−7 −83.3%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Valorant	14−16 +87.5%	8−9 −87.5%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Elden Ring	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 +167%	6−7 −167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +13.3%	14−16 −13.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Dota 2	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Fortnite	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Valorant	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%

This is how GeForce 945M and ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 compete in popular games:

GeForce 945M is 170% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GeForce 945M is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GeForce 945M is ahead in 51 test (98%)
there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.48	2.25
Recency	27 October 2015	1 September 2008
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	110 Watt

GeForce 945M has a 143.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 46.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce 945M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.