Mobility Radeon HD 3870 vs GeForce GTS 350M

Place in performance ranking	1057	980
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	RV6xx (2007−2010)
GPU code name	n11e-ge1	M88-XT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 March 2008 (16 years ago)
Current price	$230	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	320
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	660 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.00	10.56
Floating-point performance	240 gflops	422.4 gflops
Gigaflops	360	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 350M and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options	+	no data
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	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	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 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	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1	4.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Hitman 3	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−100%

2−3
+100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	1−2

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	1−2
Hitman 3	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	1−2

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	1−2
Metro Exodus	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.05	1.34
Recency	7 January 2010	1 March 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	55 Watt