GeForce RTX 4090 vs Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

Place in performance ranking	815	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	no data	15.05
Architecture	RV6xx (2007−2010)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	M88-XT CF	AD102-300-A1
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 September 2008 (15 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599
Current price	no data	$1756 (1.1x MSRP)

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	640	16384
Core clock speed	660 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	666 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.56	1,290
Floating-point performance	2x 422.4 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and GeForce RTX 4090 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 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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	GDDR3	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB/s	1,008 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	no data	+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

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.

ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 2.19

RTX 4090 100.00
+4466%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 by 4466% based on our aggregated 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%

ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 6895

RTX 4090 137170
+1890%

GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 by 1890% 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:

Full HD	5−6 −5200%	265 +5200%
1440p	4−5 −5200%	212 +5200%
4K	3−4 −4900%	150 +4900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−4400%

225
+4400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −11650%	235 +11650%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −6333%	190−200 +6333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −1518%	170−180 +1518%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −4340%	222 +4340%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −10350%	209 +10350%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −8800%	178 +8800%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −7700%	300−350 +7700%
Hitman 3	4−5 −5375%	210−220 +5375%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −9067%	275 +9067%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −3540%	180−190 +3540%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −3575%	294 +3575%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −10950%	221 +10950%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −6333%	190−200 +6333%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 −1518%	170−180 +1518%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −4180%	214 +4180%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −9950%	201 +9950%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −8450%	171 +8450%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −7700%	300−350 +7700%
Hitman 3	4−5 −5375%	210−220 +5375%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −8233%	250 +8233%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −7433%	226 +7433%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −3540%	180−190 +3540%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −3500%	288 +3500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −9450%	573 +9450%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −8850%	179 +8850%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −6333%	190−200 +6333%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −4100%	210 +4100%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −9250%	187 +9250%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −7600%	154 +7600%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −7700%	300−350 +7700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −4983%	305 +4983%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −3625%	140−150 +3625%
Hitman 3	5−6 −4160%	210−220 +4160%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −2533%	237 +2533%
Metro Exodus	0−1	177
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −9200%	90−95 +9200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4417%	271 +4417%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −15300%	154 +15300%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −6100%	186 +6100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −13300%	268 +13300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −4700%	95−100 +4700%
Hitman 3	2−3 −6300%	120−130 +6300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −2571%	187 +2571%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −6300%	60−65 +6300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −11900%	120 +11900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	120
Far Cry 5	3−4 −5667%	173 +5667%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −2800%	145 +2800%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 is 5200% faster than ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 in 1080p
RTX 4090 is 5200% faster than ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 in 1440p
RTX 4090 is 4900% faster than ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 is 15300% faster than the ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 in all 47 of our tests.

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	2.19	100.00
Recency	1 September 2008	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	24 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	450 Watt