ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 OEM
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M88 | GK107 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Kepler |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 1,270 million |
| Die size | 192 mm² | 118 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jun 4th, 2008 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M8x (Mobility HD 3800) | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M7x | — |
| Successor | M9x | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 660 MHz | 993 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 850 MHz 1700 Mbps effective | 891 MHz 1782 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 54.40 GB/s | 28.51 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 192 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 16 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 256 KB |
| SMX count | — | 1 |
| Cache L1 | — | 16 KB (per SMX) |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.56 GPixel/s | 3.972 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 10.56 GTexel/s | 15.89 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 422.4 GFLOPS | 381.3 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 84.48 GFLOPS (1:5) | 15.89 GFLOPS (1:24) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 55 W | 50 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Length | — | 145 mm 5.7 inches |
| Suggested PSU | — | 250 W |
| Power connectors | — | None |
| Board number | — | P2011 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | — | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 3.0 |
Other Features
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Oct 29th, 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 700 |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 600 |
| Successor | — | GeForce 900 |
