Radeon HD 3200 Mobile IGP vs HD 3870

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	945	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.03	no data
Architecture	TeraScale (2005−2013)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	RV670	RS780
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	19 November 2007 (16 years ago)	1 November 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$269	no data
Current price	$195 (0.7x MSRP)	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	320	40
Core clock speed	777 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	666 million	180 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	106 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	12.43	2.000
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 3870 and Radeon HD 3200 Mobile IGP compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	no data

Memory type	GDDR4	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	72.06 GB/s	no data

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

No outputs

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	10.1 (10_1)	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.1	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.0
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & Cons Summary

---

Recency	19 November 2007	1 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	System Shared
Chip lithography	55 nm	65 nm

---

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

Vote for Your Favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.

---