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    GRID M10 8Q vs Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID M10 8Q 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 GRID M10 8Q stacks up against Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, check out specs charts below.
    GRID M10 8Q
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    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is a Laptop Graphics Card

    Note: Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 here:

    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GRID M10 8Q Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 110 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • GRID M10 8Q has 104% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
    • GRID M10 8Q is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 504 GB more memory, than GRID M10 8Q.
    • GRID M10 8Q is used in Desktops, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - in Laptops.
    • GRID M10 8Q is build with Maxwell architecture, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - with RV6xx.
    • Core clock speed of GRID M10 8Q is 373 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
    • GRID M10 8Q is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GRID M10 8Q is 4350 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 12−14 6−7
    ultra / 1080p 8−9 4−5
    QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
    low / 720p 27−30 16−18
    medium / 1080p 16−18 8−9
    The average gaming FPS of GRID M10 8Q in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 77% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Full Specs

      GRID M10 8Q Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
    Architecture Maxwell RV6xx
    Code name GM107 M88-XT CF
    Type Workstation Laptop
    Release date 18 May 2016 1 September 2008
    Pipelines 640 640
    Core clock speed 1033 MHz 660 MHz
    Boost Clock 1306 MHz
    Transistor count 1,870 million 666 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 52.24 10.56
    Floating-point performance 1,672 gflops 2x 422.4 gflops
    Length 267 mm
    Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5200 MHz 850 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 83.2 GB/s 54.4 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
    Shader Model 5.1 4.1
    OpenGL 4.6 3.3
    OpenCL 1.2 N/A
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA 5.0
    Laptop size large
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