ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M88 | GT215 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 727 million |
| Die size | 192 mm² | 144 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | N10E-GE-A2 |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jun 4th, 2008 | Jun 15th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M8x (Mobility HD 3800) | GeForce 200M |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | M7x | GeForce 100M |
| Successor | M9x | GeForce 300M |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 660 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 850 MHz 1700 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 3.2 Gbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1250 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 54.40 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | 96 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 32 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | 64 KB |
| SM count | — | 12 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.56 GPixel/s | 4.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 10.56 GTexel/s | 16.00 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 422.4 GFLOPS | 240.0 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 84.48 GFLOPS (1:5) | — |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 55 W | 28 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
