FirePro V3900 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

Place in the ranking	782	946
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.06	2.28
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Broadway	Turks
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	7 February 2012 (12 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 cores	800	480
Core clock speed	700 MHz	650 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	716 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	199 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	15.60
Floating-point processing power	1.12 TFLOPS	0.624 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	40	24

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
Bus support	no data	PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
Form factor	no data	half height / half length
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	28 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	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	no data	1
Dual-link DVI support	-	+
HD сomponent video output	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.0
OpenGL	4.4	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

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:

900p	31 +93.8%	16−18 −93.8%
Full HD	39 +85.7%	21−24 −85.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7
+100%

3−4

−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Hitman 3	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +83.3%	12−14 −83.3%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +100%	6−7 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +85.7%	21−24 −85.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Hitman 3	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +83.3%	12−14 −83.3%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +100%	6−7 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +100%	7−8 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +85.7%	21−24 −85.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +100%	8−9 −100%
Hitman 3	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +83.3%	12−14 −83.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +100%	6−7 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +100%	7−8 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +85.7%	21−24 −85.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+133%

3−4

−133%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18−20 +80%	10−11 −80%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+100%

3−4

−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

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
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1