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    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Quadro FX 3800

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro FX 3800. 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 Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro FX 3800. 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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    Quadro FX 3800

    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

      Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quadro FX 3800
    Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 108 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 1% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 3800.
    • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 511 GB more memory, than Quadro FX 3800.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Quadro FX 3800 - in Desktops.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Quadro FX 3800 - with Tesla 2.0.
    • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is 60 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 3800.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro FX 3800 are manufactured by 55 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro FX 3800 is 750 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 6−7 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 4−5 0−1
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
    low / 720p 16−18 10−11
    medium / 1080p 8−9 1−2
    The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Quadro FX 3800.

    Full Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quadro FX 3800
    Architecture RV6xx Tesla 2.0
    Code name M88-XT CF GT200B
    Type Laptop Workstation
    Release date 1 September 2008 30 March 2009
    Pipelines 640 192
    Core clock speed 660 MHz 600 MHz
    Transistor count 666 million 1,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 55 nm
    Texture fill rate 10.56 38.40
    Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 462.3 gflops
    Length 198 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 850 MHz 1600 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 11.1 (10_0)
    Shader Model 4.1 4.0
    OpenGL 3.3 3.3
    OpenCL N/A 1.1
    Vulkan N/A N/A
    CUDA 1.3
    Laptop size large
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