ATI Radeon HD 3870 vs RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with Radeon HD 3870, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
7.75
+525%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms ATI HD 3870 by a whopping 525% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5031011
Place by popularity33not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.05
Power efficiency40.900.93
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameVegaRV670
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (5 years ago)19 November 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$269

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

no data

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 cores512320
Core clock speedno data777 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data666 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt106 Watt
Texture fill rateno data12.43
Floating-point processing powerno data0.4973 TFLOPS
ROPsno data16
TMUsno data16

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR4
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1126 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data72.06 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 Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12_110.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.3
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

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 HD22
+633%
3−4
−633%
1440p16
+700%
2−3
−700%
4K10
+900%
1−2
−900%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data89.67
1440pno data134.50
4Kno data269.00

FPS performance in popular games

  • Full HD
    Low Preset
  • Full HD
    Medium Preset
  • Full HD
    High Preset
  • Full HD
    Ultra Preset
  • Full HD
    Epic Preset
  • 1440p
    High Preset
  • 1440p
    Ultra Preset
  • 1440p
    Epic Preset
  • 4K
    High Preset
  • 4K
    Ultra Preset
  • 4K
    Epic Preset
Counter-Strike 2 63
+530%
10−11
−530%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
Hogwarts Legacy 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
Battlefield 5 39
+550%
6−7
−550%
Counter-Strike 2 43
+617%
6−7
−617%
Cyberpunk 2077 13
+550%
2−3
−550%
Far Cry 5 21
+600%
3−4
−600%
Fortnite 47
+571%
7−8
−571%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+640%
5−6
−640%
Forza Horizon 5 33
+560%
5−6
−560%
Hogwarts Legacy 14
+600%
2−3
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
Valorant 80−85
+600%
12−14
−600%
Battlefield 5 33
+560%
5−6
−560%
Counter-Strike 2 19
+533%
3−4
−533%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 48
+586%
7−8
−586%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+800%
1−2
−800%
Dota 2 51
+538%
8−9
−538%
Far Cry 5 20
+567%
3−4
−567%
Fortnite 31
+675%
4−5
−675%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+640%
5−6
−640%
Forza Horizon 5 28
+600%
4−5
−600%
Grand Theft Auto V 19
+533%
3−4
−533%
Hogwarts Legacy 10
+900%
1−2
−900%
Metro Exodus 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
+600%
3−4
−600%
Valorant 80−85
+600%
12−14
−600%
Battlefield 5 30
+650%
4−5
−650%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+800%
1−2
−800%
Dota 2 48
+586%
7−8
−586%
Far Cry 5 19
+533%
3−4
−533%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+640%
5−6
−640%
Hogwarts Legacy 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+600%
2−3
−600%
Valorant 37
+640%
5−6
−640%
Fortnite 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21
+600%
3−4
−600%
Grand Theft Auto V 9
+800%
1−2
−800%
Metro Exodus 10
+900%
1−2
−900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 22
+633%
3−4
−633%
Valorant 95−100
+579%
14−16
−579%
Battlefield 5 21
+600%
3−4
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 5 0−1
Far Cry 5 16
+700%
2−3
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
+567%
3−4
−567%
Hogwarts Legacy 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Fortnite 16−18
+750%
2−3
−750%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 10
+900%
1−2
−900%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4 0−1
Metro Exodus 6 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Valorant 40−45
+529%
7−8
−529%
Battlefield 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Dota 2 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
Far Cry 5 8
+700%
1−2
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Hogwarts Legacy 3−4 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Fortnite 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and ATI HD 3870 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 633% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 700% faster in 1440p
  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 900% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.75 1.24
Recency 7 January 2020 19 November 2007
Chip lithography 7 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 106 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 525% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 606.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 3870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while Radeon HD 3870 is a desktop one.

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