Quadro FX 3700M vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5870 with Quadro FX 3700M, including specs and performance data.

ATI Mobility HD 5870
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
2.96
+151%

ATI Mobility HD 5870 outperforms FX 3700M by a whopping 151% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking7821063
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.02
Power efficiency4.051.08
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameBroadwayG92
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)14 August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$925

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 cores800128
Core clock speed700 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors1,040 million754 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate28.0035.20
Floating-point processing power1.12 TFLOPS0.352 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4064

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 sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)MXM-HE

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s51.2 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.96
+151%
FX 3700M 1.18

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999
+58.3%
FX 3700M 5053

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:

900p31
+158%
12−14
−158%
Full HD39
+179%
14−16
−179%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data66.07

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
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+21.9%
30−35
−21.9%

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
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+21.9%
30−35
−21.9%

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
+75%
4−5
−75%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
+50%
8−9
−50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+21.9%
30−35
−21.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
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 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20
+260%
5−6
−260%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+50%
4−5
−50%

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5870 and FX 3700M compete in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 158% faster in 900p
  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 179% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 5870 is 1500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • ATI Mobility HD 5870 is ahead in 45 tests (96%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.96 1.18
Recency 7 January 2010 14 August 2008
Chip lithography 40 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5870 has a 150.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 3700M in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a notebook graphics card while Quadro FX 3700M is a mobile workstation one.


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