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    GeForce GTX 880M vs Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 880M and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce GTX 880M and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.
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    GeForce GTX 880M and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 880M 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 880M or Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 here:

    GeForce GTX 880M Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 880M Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 110 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 880M has 10% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 880M 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 504 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 880M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 880M is build with Kepler architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - with RV6xx.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 880M is 294 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 880M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 20−22 6−7
    ultra / 1080p 12−14 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 40−45 16−18
    medium / 1080p 24−27 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 880M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 177% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 880M Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Architecture Kepler RV6xx
    Code name N15E-GX-A2 M88-XT CF
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 1 September 2008
    Pipelines 1536 640
    Core clock speed 954 MHz 660 MHz
    Boost Clock 993 MHz
    Transistor count 3,540 million 666 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 127.1 10.56
    Floating-point performance 3,050 gflops 2x 422.4 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 850 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 54.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 4.1
    OpenGL 4.5 3.3
    OpenCL 1.1 N/A
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1536
    Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
    SLI options +
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 96 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Standard memory configuration GDDR5
    eDP 1.2 signal support Up to 3840x2160
    LVDS signal support Up to 1920x1200
    DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support Up to 3840x2160
    HDCP content protection +
    7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI +
    TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming +
    H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
    Optimus +
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