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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2

Graphics Processor
M88 x2
Cores
320 x2
TMUs
16 x2
ROPs
16 x2
Memory Size
512 MB x2
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
256 bit x2
GPU Chip
GPU
The Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 was a mobile graphics chip by ATI, launched on September 1st, 2008. Built on the 55 nm process, and based on the M88 graphics processor, in its M88 XT-L variant, the chip supports DirectX 10.1. Since Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, it might not be able to run all the latest games. The M88 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 192 mm² and 666 million transistors. Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 combines two graphics processors to increase performance. It features 320 shading units, 16 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs, per GPU. ATI has paired 1,024 MB GDDR3 memory with the Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, which are connected using a 256-bit memory interface per GPU (each GPU manages 512 MB). The GPU is operating at a frequency of 660 MHz, memory is running at 850 MHz.
Its power draw is rated at 110 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
M88
GPU Variant
M88 XT-L
(216-0709003)
Architecture
TeraScale
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
55 nm
Transistors
666 million
Density
3.5M / mm²
Die Size
192 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-1281

Mobile Graphics

Release Date
Sep 1st, 2008
Generation
M8x
(Mobility HD 3800)
Predecessor
M7x
Successor
M9x
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Reviews
2 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
25%
GeForce 9400 GT
32%
Radeon HD 4550
39%
Radeon HD 5450
51%
Radeon HD 6450
59%
GeForce GT 520
63%
GeForce GT 220
77%
Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2
100%
GeForce GT 430
101%
Radeon HD 5570
103%
Radeon HD 4670
111%
GeForce GT 440
118%
GeForce GT 240
120%
GeForce 9600 GT
138%
Radeon HD 5670
146%
GeForce GT 640
157%
GeForce 9800 GT
162%
Radeon HD 6670
169%
Radeon HD 4830
174%
Radeon HD 4770
186%
Radeon HD 4850
196%
GeForce GTS 250
200%
GeForce GTS 450
207%
Radeon HD 5750
214%
Radeon HD 7750
244%
Radeon HD 5770
246%
GeForce GTX 260
250%
Radeon HD 4870
253%
Radeon Vega 8
254%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
257%
GeForce GTX 650
259%
Radeon HD 5830
274%
Radeon HD 6790
288%
Radeon HD 4890
293%
GeForce GTX 460
304%
Radeon RX Vega 11
306%
GeForce GT 1030
309%
GeForce GTX 275
312%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
313%
GeForce GTX 280
313%
GeForce GTX 465
319%
Radeon HD 6850
335%
GeForce GTX 285
341%
Radeon HD 5850
366%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
373%
Radeon HD 7790
373%
Radeon RX 550
389%
GeForce GTX 470
390%
Radeon HD 6870
404%
Radeon HD 5870
431%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
444%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
446%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
455%
Radeon HD 6950
457%
GeForce GTX 295
473%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
479%
Radeon HD 7850
482%
GeForce GTX 480
490%
Radeon HD 6970
513%
Radeon R7 265
523%
Radeon RX 460
531%
Radeon R7 370
531%
GeForce GTX 660
533%
GeForce GTX 570
535%
Radeon RX 560
544%
GeForce GTX 950
578%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
583%
Radeon R9 270X
597%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
604%
GeForce GTX 580
607%
GeForce GTX 1050
612%
Radeon HD 7950
613%
GeForce GTX 1630
625%
Radeon HD 5970
625%
GeForce GTX 760
643%
GeForce GTX 670
692%
GeForce GTX 960
710%
Radeon R9 380
728%
Radeon R9 285
732%
Radeon HD 7970
740%
GeForce GTX 680
747%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
765%
GeForce GTX 770
785%
Radeon HD 6990
803%
Radeon R9 280X
822%
GeForce GTX 590
834%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
834%
GeForce GTX 780
924%
Arc A380
926%
Radeon RX 6400
938%
GeForce GTX 1650
957%
Radeon RX 470
1017%
Radeon R9 290
1031%
Radeon RX 570
1087%
Radeon R9 390
1100%
Radeon R9 290X
1106%
GeForce GTX 970
1121%
GeForce GTX TITAN
1136%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
1151%
Radeon R9 390X
1167%
Radeon HD 7990
1172%
Radeon RX 480
1178%
GeForce GTX 690
1188%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
1220%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
1237%
Radeon RX 580
1252%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
1261%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
1272%
GeForce GTX 980
1278%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
1289%
Radeon R9 FURY
1294%
Radeon RX 590
1352%
Radeon R9 295X2
1424%
GeForce GTX 1660
1431%
Radeon R9 FURY X
1448%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
1473%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
1511%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
1556%
GeForce GTX 1070
1643%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
1643%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
1670%
Radeon RX Vega 56
1749%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
1855%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
1883%
Radeon RX Vega 64
1908%
GeForce GTX 1080
1935%
GeForce RTX 2060
1935%
Radeon RX 5700
2015%
Arc A580
2019%
Radeon RX 6600
2103%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
2174%
GeForce RTX 2070
2202%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
2204%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
2247%
Arc A750
2320%
Radeon VII
2333%
TITAN X Pascal
2393%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
2417%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
2465%
Arc A770
2490%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
2492%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
2621%
Radeon RX 7600
2650%
GeForce RTX 4060
2662%
GeForce RTX 2080
2680%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
2734%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
2810%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
2878%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
2980%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
3163%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
3197%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
3221%
GeForce RTX 3070
3371%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
3607%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
3645%
Radeon RX 6800
3716%
GeForce RTX 4070
4117%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
4220%
GeForce RTX 3080
4381%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
4425%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
4548%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
4776%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
4867%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
4907%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
4913%
GeForce RTX 3090
5000%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
5126%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
5600%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
5750%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
5800%
GeForce RTX 4080
6511%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
6609%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
6672%
GeForce RTX 4090
8180%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
660 MHz
Memory Clock
850 MHz
1700 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
256 bit
Bandwidth
54.40 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
320
TMUs
16
ROPs
16
Compute Units
4
L2 Cache
256 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
10.56 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
10.56 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
422.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
84.48 GFLOPS (1:5)

Board Design

TDP
110 W
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent

Graphics Features

DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
N/A
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
4.1

M88 GPU Notes

Desktop Variant: RV670
Codename: Boom
Graphics/Compute: GFX3
Display Core Engine: 2.0
Unified Video Decoder: 1.0

216-0709001 - M88 LP-L / M88-L
216-0709003 - M88 XT-L
216-0709005 - M88-LE
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