Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Radeon R5 M435

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Radeon R5 M435, 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 R5 M435, 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 R5 M435
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R5 M435 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 510 GB more memory, than Radeon R5 M435.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Radeon R5 M435 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Radeon R5 M435 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon R5 M435 is 120 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Radeon R5 M435 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R5 M435 is 3650 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 10−12
medium / 1080p 8−9 2−3
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon R5 M435.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Radeon R5 M435
Architecture RV6xx GCN 1.0
Code name M88-XT CF Jet
Type Laptop Desktop
Release date 1 September 2008 15 May 2016
Pipelines 640 320
Core clock speed 660 MHz 780 MHz
Boost Clock 1030 MHz
Transistor count 666 million 690 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 10.56 20.60
Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 547.2 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 36 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 4.1 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL N/A 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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