Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Place in performance ranking	205	877
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.27	0.04
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GK110	R680
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	7 November 2013 (10 years ago)	26 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$699	$449
Current price	$461 (0.7x MSRP)	$254 (0.6x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780 Ti has 13075% better value for money than ATI HD 3870 X2.

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	2880	320
CUDA cores	2880	no data
Core clock speed	875 MHz	825 MHz
Boost clock speed	928 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,080 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	165 Watt
Texture fill rate	210 billion/sec	13.20
Floating-point performance	5,345 gflops	2x 528.0 gflops

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	267 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	One 8-pin and one 6-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	1802 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336 GB/s	57.66 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
3D Vision	+	no data
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/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 780 Ti 24.65
+1247%

ATI HD 3870 X2 1.83

GeForce GTX 780 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 3870 X2 by 1247% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 780 Ti 9521
+1245%

ATI HD 3870 X2 708

GeForce GTX 780 Ti outperforms Radeon HD 3870 X2 by 1245% in Passmark.

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

95
+1257%

7−8

−1257%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

500−550
+1150%

40−45

−1150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	600−650 +1177%	45−50 −1177%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	550−600 +1179%	40−45 −1179%
Battlefield 5	1050−1100 +1196%	80−85 −1196%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	650−700 +1200%	50−55 −1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	500−550 +1150%	40−45 −1150%
Far Cry 5	750−800 +1216%	55−60 −1216%
Far Cry New Dawn	850−900 +1228%	60−65 −1228%
Forza Horizon 4	1400−1450 +1208%	100−110 −1208%
Hitman 3	650−700 +1200%	50−55 −1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1300−1350 +1240%	95−100 −1240%
Metro Exodus	1050−1100 +1213%	80−85 −1213%
Red Dead Redemption 2	850−900 +1188%	65−70 −1188%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1100−1150 +1210%	80−85 −1210%
Watch Dogs: Legion	900−950 +1186%	70−75 −1186%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	600−650 +1177%	45−50 −1177%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	550−600 +1179%	40−45 −1179%
Battlefield 5	1050−1100 +1196%	80−85 −1196%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	650−700 +1200%	50−55 −1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	500−550 +1150%	40−45 −1150%
Far Cry 5	750−800 +1216%	55−60 −1216%
Far Cry New Dawn	850−900 +1228%	60−65 −1228%
Forza Horizon 4	1400−1450 +1208%	100−110 −1208%
Hitman 3	650−700 +1200%	50−55 −1200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1300−1350 +1240%	95−100 −1240%
Metro Exodus	1050−1100 +1213%	80−85 −1213%
Red Dead Redemption 2	850−900 +1188%	65−70 −1188%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1100−1150 +1210%	80−85 −1210%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	750−800 +1239%	55−60 −1239%
Watch Dogs: Legion	900−950 +1186%	70−75 −1186%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	600−650 +1177%	45−50 −1177%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	550−600 +1179%	40−45 −1179%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	650−700 +1200%	50−55 −1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	500−550 +1150%	40−45 −1150%
Far Cry 5	750−800 +1216%	55−60 −1216%
Forza Horizon 4	1400−1450 +1208%	100−110 −1208%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1300−1350 +1240%	95−100 −1240%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1100−1150 +1210%	80−85 −1210%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	750−800 +1239%	55−60 −1239%
Watch Dogs: Legion	900−950 +1186%	70−75 −1186%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

850−900
+1188%

65−70

−1188%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	600−650 +1177%	45−50 −1177%
Far Cry New Dawn	700−750 +1246%	50−55 −1246%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	350−400 +1246%	24−27 −1246%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	300−310 +1150%	24−27 −1150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	400−450 +1112%	30−35 −1112%
Cyberpunk 2077	210−220 +1213%	16−18 −1213%
Far Cry 5	550−600 +1210%	40−45 −1210%
Forza Horizon 4	650−700 +1227%	45−50 −1227%
Hitman 3	350−400 +1107%	27−30 −1107%
Horizon Zero Dawn	650−700 +1175%	50−55 −1175%
Metro Exodus	600−650 +1177%	45−50 −1177%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	700−750 +1196%	50−55 −1196%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	400−450 +1233%	30−33 −1233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +1233%	18−20 −1233%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

550−600
+1241%

40−45

−1241%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	300−310 +1150%	24−27 −1150%
Far Cry New Dawn	250−260 +1216%	18−20 −1216%
Hitman 3	250−260 +1216%	18−20 −1216%
Horizon Zero Dawn	350−400 +1150%	27−30 −1150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	220−230 +1194%	16−18 −1194%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	350−400 +1196%	27−30 −1196%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	200−210 +1233%	14−16 −1233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	170−180 +1208%	12−14 −1208%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	180−190 +1186%	14−16 −1186%
Cyberpunk 2077	80−85 +1233%	6−7 −1233%
Far Cry 5	180−190 +1186%	14−16 −1186%
Forza Horizon 4	450−500 +1224%	30−35 −1224%
Horizon Zero Dawn	350−400 +1150%	27−30 −1150%
Metro Exodus	300−310 +1150%	24−27 −1150%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +1173%	10−12 −1173%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

280−290
+1233%

21−24

−1233%

This is how GTX 780 Ti and ATI HD 3870 X2 compete in popular games:

GTX 780 Ti is 1257% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	24.65	1.83
Recency	7 November 2013	26 January 2008
Cost	$699	$449
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	165 Watt