GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Place in the ranking	993	89
Place by popularity	not in top-100	19
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	47.40
Power efficiency	0.95	17.07
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	RV670	TU106
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	19 November 2007 (17 years ago)	9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$269	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2060 Super has 78900% better value for money than ATI HD 3870.

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	2176
Core clock speed	777 MHz	1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	666 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	12.43	224.4
Floating-point processing power	0.4973 TFLOPS	7.181 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	64
TMUs	16	136
Tensor Cores	no data	272
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	34

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	229 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	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	GDDR4	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1126 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72.06 GB/s	448.0 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

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 HD 3870 1.44

RTX 2060 Super 42.84
+2875%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

ATI HD 3870 555

RTX 2060 Super 16526
+2878%

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:

Full HD	4−5 −2900%	120 +2900%
1440p	2−3 −3250%	67 +3250%
4K	1−2 −4300%	44 +4300%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	67.25	3.33
1440p	134.50	5.96
4K	269.00	9.07

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	101 +0%	101 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	81 +0%	81 +0%
Battlefield 5	163 +0%	163 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	102 +0%	102 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	79 +0%	79 +0%
Far Cry 5	130 +0%	130 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	144 +0%	144 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	299 +0%	299 +0%
Hitman 3	94 +0%	94 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	298 +0%	298 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	122 +0%	122 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	205 +0%	205 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	229 +0%	229 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	147 +0%	147 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	68 +0%	68 +0%
Battlefield 5	150 +0%	150 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95 +0%	95 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	71 +0%	71 +0%
Far Cry 5	108 +0%	108 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	106 +0%	106 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	271 +0%	271 +0%
Hitman 3	98 +0%	98 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	293 +0%	293 +0%
Metro Exodus	144 +0%	144 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95 +0%	95 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	184 +0%	184 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	216 +0%	216 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	61 +0%	61 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	61 +0%	61 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	71 +0%	71 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	62 +0%	62 +0%
Far Cry 5	74 +0%	74 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	120 +0%	120 +0%
Hitman 3	84 +0%	84 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	131 +0%	131 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	156 +0%	156 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85 +0%	85 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	59 +0%	59 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

114

+0%

114

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	96 +0%	96 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	74 +0%	74 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	52 +0%	52 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	47 +0%	47 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	53 +0%	53 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	40 +0%	40 +0%
Far Cry 5	57 +0%	57 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	259 +0%	259 +0%
Hitman 3	58 +0%	58 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	99 +0%	99 +0%
Metro Exodus	87 +0%	87 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	114 +0%	114 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	212 +0%	212 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	47 +0%	47 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	41 +0%	41 +0%
Hitman 3	39 +0%	39 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	105 +0%	105 +0%
Metro Exodus	64 +0%	64 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	59 +0%	59 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35 +0%	35 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	29 +0%	29 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30 +0%	30 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	19 +0%	19 +0%
Far Cry 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	67 +0%	67 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65 +0%	65 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	25 +0%	25 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

This is how ATI HD 3870 and RTX 2060 Super compete in popular games:

RTX 2060 Super is 2900% faster in 1080p
RTX 2060 Super is 3250% faster in 1440p
RTX 2060 Super is 4300% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.44	42.84
Recency	19 November 2007	9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	55 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	175 Watt

ATI HD 3870 has 65.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 Super, on the other hand, has a 2875% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 358.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3870 in performance tests.

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