ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M

What is the difference between ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

M88GPU NameGF106
TeraScaleArchitectureFermi
TSMCFoundryTSMC
55 nmProcess Size40 nm
666 millionTransistors1,170 million
192 mm²Die Size238 mm²

Graphics Card

Sep 1st, 2008Release DateJan 15th, 2011
M8x
(Mobility HD 3800)
FamilyGeForce 400M
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
M7xPredecessorGeForce 300M
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

512 MB x2Memory Size1024 MB
GDDR3Memory TypeDDR3
256 bit x2Memory Bus128 bit

Clock Speeds

850 MHz
1700 Mbps effective
Memory Clock800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
660 MHzGPU Clock590 MHz

Render Config

16 x2TMUs16
16 x2ROPs16

Board Design

No outputsDisplay ConnectorsNo outputs

API support

10.1 (10_1)DirectX12 (11_0)
3.3OpenGL4.6
N/AOpenCL1.1
N/AVulkanN/A
4.1Shader Model5.1