Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Tesla M2070 Q

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Tesla M2070 Q. 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 Tesla M2070 Q. 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.

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 M2070 Q
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M2070 Q has 104% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 506 GB more memory, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Tesla M2070 Q - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Tesla M2070 Q - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is 86 MHz higher, than Tesla M2070 Q.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Tesla M2070 Q - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M2070 Q is 2282 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 3−4
ultra / 1080p 4−5 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 14−16
medium / 1080p 8−9 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Tesla M2070 Q.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Tesla M2070 Q
Architecture RV6xx Fermi
Code name M88-XT CF GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 September 2008 25 July 2011
Pipelines 640 448
Core clock speed 660 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 666 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 10.56 32.14
Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 3132 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 150.3 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 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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