ATI Radeon HD 3870 vs PRO W7600
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon PRO W7600 with Radeon HD 3870, including specs and performance data.
PRO W7600 outperforms HD 3870 by a whopping 2878% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 124 | 1060 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 38.58 | 0.05 |
| Power efficiency | 23.22 | 0.96 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | Navi 33 | RV670 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 3 August 2023 (2 years ago) | 19 November 2007 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $269 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
PRO W7600 has 77060% better value for money than ATI HD 3870.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 2048 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 777 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2440 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 13,300 million | 666 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 106 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 312.3 | 12.43 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.4973 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| TMUs | 128 | 16 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
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 4.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 241 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-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 | GDDR6 | GDDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 18 GB/s | 1126 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 72.06 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort 2.1 | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 39.31 | 1.32 |
| Recency | 3 August 2023 | 19 November 2007 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 106 Watt |
PRO W7600 has a 2878% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 816.7% more advanced lithography process.
ATI HD 3870, on the other hand, has 22.6% lower power consumption.
The Radeon PRO W7600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3870 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon PRO W7600 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 3870 is a desktop one.
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