Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Radeon HD 7670A

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Radeon HD 7670A, 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 Radeon HD 7670A, 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 Radeon HD 7670A
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 45 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 144% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7670A.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7670A uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 511 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7670A.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Radeon HD 7670A - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Radeon HD 7670A - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is 60 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7670A.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7670A - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7670A is 3150 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 1−2
ultra / 1080p 4−5 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 12−14
medium / 1080p 8−9 3−4
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Radeon HD 7670A.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Radeon HD 7670A
Architecture RV6xx TeraScale 2
Code name M88-XT CF Turks
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 September 2008 5 January 2012
Pipelines 640 480
Core clock speed 660 MHz 600 MHz
Transistor count 666 million 716 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 10.56 14.40
Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 576.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.1 5.0
OpenGL 3.3 4.4
OpenCL N/A 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
Laptop size large
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