GeForce GTX 570M vs Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 570M and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 570M stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 570M and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 570M and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 570M or Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 570M Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 110 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 46% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 570M.
  • GeForce GTX 570M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 509 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 570M.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce GTX 570M is build with Fermi architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - with RV6xx.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is 85 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 570M.
  • GeForce GTX 570M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 570M is 650 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 6−7
ultra / 1080p 6−7 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 16−18
medium / 1080p 12−14 8−9
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 570M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 33% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 570M Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
Architecture Fermi RV6xx
Code name N12E-GT M88-XT CF
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 28 June 2011 1 September 2008
Pipelines 336 640
Core clock speed 575 MHz 660 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 666 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 32.2 billion/sec 10.56
Floating-point performance 772.8 gflops 2x 422.4 gflops
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz 850 MHz
Memory bandwidth 72.0 GB/s 54.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 API 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 N/A
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA +
CUDA cores 336
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
SLI options +
3D Blu-Ray +
3D Gaming +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
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