Radeon HD 3870 AGP: specs and benchmarks
Summary
This is a desktop graphics card based on a TeraScale architecture and made with 55 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 512 MB of GDDR4 memory clocked at 2.3 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 72.06 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via AGP 8x interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 241 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 106 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon HD 3870 AGP: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | |
| GPU code name | RV670 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | no data | |
| Current price | $53 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
Radeon HD 3870 AGP's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon HD 3870 AGP's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 320 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 777 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 12.43 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon HD 3870 AGP and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | AGP 8x | |
| Length | 241 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon HD 3870 AGP: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR4 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 2.3 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 72.06 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon HD 3870 AGP. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon HD 3870 AGP, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | |
| OpenGL | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
