Radeon R6 M340DX vs ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Radeon R6 M340DX, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 110 Watt
2.10

R6 M340DX outperforms Mobility HD 3870 X2 by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking923855
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.47no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameM88Jet
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 September 2008 (17 years ago)12 December 2015 (10 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 cores320 ×2384
Core clock speed660 MHz955 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1030 MHz
Number of transistors666 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Wattno data
Texture fill rate10.56 ×224.72
Floating-point processing power0.4224 TFLOPS ×20.791 TFLOPS
ROPs16 ×28
TMUs16 ×224
L1 Cacheno data96 KB
L2 Cache256 KB256 KB

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 sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MB ×2System Shared
Memory bus width256 Bit ×2System Shared
Memory clock speed850 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/s ×2no data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131

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 HD7−8
−42.9%
10
+42.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Fortnite 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
Valorant 40−45
−10%
40−45
+10%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Counter-Strike 2 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
−18.6%
50−55
+18.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Dota 2 21−24
−17.4%
27−30
+17.4%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Fortnite 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Grand Theft Auto V 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+33.3%
6
−33.3%
Valorant 40−45
−10%
40−45
+10%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 6−7
−50%
9−10
+50%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−50%
6−7
+50%
Dota 2 21−24
−17.4%
27−30
+17.4%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
−18.2%
12−14
+18.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+167%
3
−167%
Valorant 40−45
−10%
40−45
+10%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 10−11
−40%
14−16
+40%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 5−6
−20%
6−7
+20%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 14−16
−33.3%
20−22
+33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
−19%
24−27
+19%
Valorant 16−18
−50%
24−27
+50%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
−50%
3−4
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Valorant 10−11
−30%
12−14
+30%

4K
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

1440p
High

Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 and R6 M340DX compete in popular games:

  • R6 M340DX is 43% faster in 1080p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 is 167% faster.
  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the R6 M340DX is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 3870 X2 performs better in 2 tests (4%)
  • R6 M340DX performs better in 45 tests (82%)
  • there's a draw in 8 tests (15%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.10 2.66
Recency 1 September 2008 12 December 2015
Chip lithography 55 nm 28 nm

R6 M340DX has a 26.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 96.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R6 M340DX is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 in performance tests.

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