Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 198 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 53.94 |
| Architecture | TeraScale (2005−2013) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | RV670 | AD107 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 12 June 2008 (16 years ago) | 26 February 2024 (less than a year 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 | 320 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 777 MHz | 1485 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2025 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 18,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 12.43 | 129.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.4973 TFLOPS | 8.294 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
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 | no data | medium sized |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR4 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1126 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72.06 GB/s | 128.0 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 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 June 2008 | 26 February 2024 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 106 Watt | 35 Watt |
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has an age advantage of 15 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1000% more advanced lithography process, and 202.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition and RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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