Radeon HD 3870 vs HD Graphics 2500

Place in performance ranking	1137	950
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.03
Architecture	Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	RV670
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2012 (12 years ago)	19 November 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$269
Current price	$521	$195 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics 2500 and ATI HD 3870 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	6	320
Core clock speed	650 MHz	777 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	392 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	106 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.900	12.43
Floating-point performance	13.8 gflops	497.3 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 2500 and Radeon HD 3870 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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	no data
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	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	System Shared	GDDR4
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	512 MB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2252 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	72.06 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

No outputs

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.0	4.1
OpenGL	4.0	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.80	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

−100%

14−16
+100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−100%

6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Hitman 3	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −90.9%	21−24 +90.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −100%	16−18 +100%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Hitman 3	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −90.9%	21−24 +90.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −100%	16−18 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −90.9%	21−24 +90.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −100%	8−9 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −100%	6−7 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%