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    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Radeon RX 5500M

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Radeon RX 5500M. 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 Radeon RX 5500M. 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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    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Radeon RX 5500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Radeon RX 5500M 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 Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 or Radeon RX 5500M here:

    Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Laptops
    Radeon RX 5500M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Radeon RX 5500M
    Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 85 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR3 GDDR6
    Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 29% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 5500M.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 5500M uses PCIe 4.0 x8 interface.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 508 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 5500M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Radeon RX 5500M - with Navi / RDNA.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 667 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
    • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 5500M - by 7 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 5500M is 13150 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    ultra / 1080p 4−5 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 16−18 40−45
    medium / 1080p 8−9 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 5500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 177% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

    Full Specs

      Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Radeon RX 5500M
    Architecture RV6xx Navi / RDNA
    Code name M88-XT CF Navi 14 / R19M-E85
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 1 September 2008 29 September 2019
    Pipelines 640 1408
    Core clock speed 660 MHz 1327 MHz
    Boost Clock 1645 MHz
    Transistor count 666 million 6,400 million
    Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 10.56 144.8
    Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
    Memory clock speed 850 MHz 14000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (12_1)
    Shader Model 4.1 6.5
    OpenGL 3.3 4.6
    OpenCL N/A 2.0
    Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
    Laptop size large medium sized
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