ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M

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Combined performance score

GTX 485M
6.09
+178%

GeForce GTX 485M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 by 178% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking546814
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money3.24no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RV6xx (2007−2010)
GPU code nameN12E-GTX-A1M88-XT CF
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2010 (14 years old)1 September 2008 (15 years old)
Current price$163 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores384640
Core clock speed1150 MHz660 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt110 Watt
Texture fill rate36.8 billion/sec10.56
Floating-point performance883.2 gflops2x 422.4 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 485M and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 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 sizelargelarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+no data

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz850 MHz
Memory bandwidth96.0 GB/s54.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GTX 485M 6.09
+178%
ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 2.19

GeForce GTX 485M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 by 178% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 485M 13536
+96.3%
ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 6895

GeForce GTX 485M outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 by 96% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p48
+200%
16−18
−200%
Full HD66
+214%
21−24
−214%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+63.6%
10−12
−63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+300%
5−6
−300%
Hitman 3 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+63.6%
10−12
−63.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+300%
5−6
−300%
Hitman 3 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Metro Exodus 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+75%
8−9
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+500%
2−3
−500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Battlefield 5 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+300%
5−6
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
+125%
4−5
−125%
Hitman 3 10−11
+100%
5−6
−100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+33.3%
9−10
−33.3%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
Hitman 3 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+60%
5−6
−60%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2 0−1

This is how GTX 485M and ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

  • GTX 485M is 200% faster than ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2

1080p resolution:

  • GTX 485M is 214% faster than ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2

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

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GTX 485M is 600% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GTX 485M is ahead in 47 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 6.09 2.19
Recency 6 January 2010 1 September 2008
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 110 Watt

The GeForce GTX 485M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 in performance tests.


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