GeForce G102M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3870 and GeForce G102M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

ATI Mobility HD 3870
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 55 Watt
1.26
+215%

ATI Mobility HD 3870 outperforms G102M by a whopping 215% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking10631306
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.742.18
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameM88C79
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2008 (17 years ago)8 January 2009 (16 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 cores32016
Core clock speed660 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors666 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate10.563.600
Floating-point processing power0.4224 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data48
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
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 1.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount512 MBUp to 512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed850 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/s6.4 GB/s
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 outputsVGAHDMIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model4.14.0
OpenGL3.32.1
OpenCLN/AN/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

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 2−3 0−1
God of War 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Fortnite 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2 0−1
God of War 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Valorant 30−35
+230%
10−11
−230%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 27−30
+222%
9−10
−222%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Fortnite 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2 0−1
God of War 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Grand Theft Auto V 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Valorant 30−35
+230%
10−11
−230%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 16−18
+240%
5−6
−240%
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
God of War 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Valorant 30−35
+230%
10−11
−230%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%
Valorant 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3 0−1

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+275%
4−5
−275%
Valorant 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 1−2 0−1
God of War 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3 0−1

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.26 0.40
Recency 4 June 2008 8 January 2009
Chip lithography 55 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 14 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 3870 has a 215% higher aggregate performance score, and a 18.2% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce G102M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and 292.9% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 3870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G102M in performance tests.

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