ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 vs ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Mobility Radeon HD 4570, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 110 Watt
2.23
+537%

ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 outperforms ATI Mobility HD 4570 by a whopping 537% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8571290
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.39no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameM88M92
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 September 2008 (16 years ago)9 January 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores32080
Core clock speed660 MHz680 MHz
Number of transistors666 million242 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.565.440
Floating-point processing power0.4224 TFLOPS0.1088 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs168

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-II

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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed850 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/s12.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.1 (10_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 2.23
+537%
ATI Mobility HD 4570 0.35

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.

ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 6895
+499%
ATI Mobility HD 4570 1151

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 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Hitman 3 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Battlefield 5 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Hitman 3 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Hitman 3 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
+138%
8−9
−138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
+150%
4−5
−150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+44.4%
9−10
−44.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

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

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 surpassed ATI Mobility HD 4570 in all 29 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.23 0.35
Recency 1 September 2008 9 January 2009

ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 has a 537.1% higher aggregate performance score.

ATI Mobility HD 4570, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months.

The Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 4570 in performance tests.


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