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    GeForce GTX 860M SLI vs Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce GTX 860M SLI 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 860M SLI 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.
    GeForce GTX 860M SLI Check Price
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    GeForce GTX 860M SLI and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 860M SLI 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 860M SLI or Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 here:

    GeForce GTX 860M SLI Laptops
    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 860M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 110 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB 512 MB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • GeForce GTX 860M SLI has 9% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 510 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 860M SLI.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 860M SLI is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - with RV6xx.
    • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 860M SLI is 369 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
    • GeForce GTX 860M SLI is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 860M SLI is 4150 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 6−7
    ultra / 1080p 14−16 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 8−9 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 40−45 16−18
    medium / 1080p 27−30 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 860M SLI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Architecture Maxwell RV6xx
    Code name M88-XT CF
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 1 September 2008
    Pipelines 1280 640
    Core clock speed 1029 MHz 660 MHz
    Transistor count 2x 1870 Million 666 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 10.56
    Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops
    Memory bus width 2x 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 850 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 4.1
    OpenGL 3.3
    OpenCL N/A
    Vulkan N/A
    CUDA +
    SLI options +
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
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