ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | M88 | G73 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | TeraScale | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 55 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 666 million | 177 million |
| Die size | 192 mm² | 125 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jun 4th, 2008 | Mar 13th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | M8x (Mobility HD 3800) | Quadro FX Mobile (x500M) |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | M7x | Quadro FX Go |
| Successor | M9x | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 660 MHz | 480 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 850 MHz 1700 Mbps effective | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 54.40 GB/s | 16.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 320 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 12 |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| Compute units | 4 | — |
| Cache L2 | 256 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 12 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 5 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 10.56 GPixel/s | 3.840 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 10.56 GTexel/s | 5.760 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 422.4 GFLOPS | — |
| FP64 (double) performance | 84.48 GFLOPS (1:5) | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 600.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 55 W | 35 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 10.1 (10_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | — | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 3.0 |
