Radeon Graphics vs ATI Mobility HD 3870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 3870 with Radeon Graphics, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 3870
2008
512 MB GDDR3, 55 Watt
1.39

Graphics outperforms ATI Mobility HD 3870 by a considerable 42% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1000892
Place by popularitynot in top-10010
Power efficiency1.759.14
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameM88Renoir
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2008 (16 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores320448
Core clock speed660 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1500 MHz
Number of transistors666 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate10.5642.00
Floating-point processing power0.4224 TFLOPS1.344 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs1628

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 x16IGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed850 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth54.4 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/A-

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 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−36.4%
45−50
+36.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−36.4%
45−50
+36.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%
Hitman 3 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−28.6%
18−20
+28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−25%
10−11
+25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−27.3%
14−16
+27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−36.4%
45−50
+36.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Hitman 3 7−8
−28.6%
9−10
+28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−40%
7−8
+40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−25%
5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−33.3%
4−5
+33.3%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.39 1.98
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 15 Watt

Graphics has a 42.4% higher aggregate performance score, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 266.7% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 3870 is a notebook card while Radeon Graphics is a desktop one.


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