Radeon Pro VII vs ATI Mobility HD 3870

Place in the ranking	1000	158
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	15.82
Power efficiency	1.75	9.22
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code name	M88	Vega 20
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)	13 May 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,899

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	320	3840
Core clock speed	660 MHz	1400 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1700 MHz
Number of transistors	666 million	13,230 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	10.56	408.0
Floating-point processing power	0.4224 TFLOPS	13.06 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	16	240

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 size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	305 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	850 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	54.4 GB/s	1024 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

6x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.7
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3

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

−2275%

95−100
+2275%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −2043%	300−310 +2043%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2275%	190−200 +2275%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −2173%	750−800 +2173%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −2043%	300−310 +2043%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2275%	190−200 +2275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −2264%	260−270 +2264%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −2173%	750−800 +2173%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −2275%	95−100 +2275%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Hitman 3	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −2043%	300−310 +2043%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −2275%	190−200 +2275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −2264%	260−270 +2264%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −2173%	750−800 +2173%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2150%

45−50
+2150%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −2150%	45−50 +2150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Hitman 3	7−8 −2186%	160−170 +2186%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −2100%	110−120 +2100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −2233%	140−150 +2233%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−2275%

95−100
+2275%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
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

−2233%

70−75
+2233%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.39	33.27
Recency	4 June 2008	13 May 2020
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	16 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	250 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 3870 has 354.5% lower power consumption.

Pro VII, on the other hand, has a 2293.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro VII 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 Pro VII is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.