Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Tesla M10

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Tesla M10, 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 Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 stacks up against Tesla M10, check out specs charts below.

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:

Main Specs

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

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 18−20
ultra / 1080p 4−5 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 16−18 35−40
medium / 1080p 8−9 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M10 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 144% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Tesla M10
Architecture RV6xx Maxwell
Code name M88-XT CF GM107
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 September 2008 18 May 2016
Pipelines 640 640
Core clock speed 660 MHz 1033 MHz
Boost Clock 1306 MHz
Transistor count 666 million 1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 10.56 52.24
Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 4x 1,672 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 5200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 83.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.1 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL N/A 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size large
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