AMD Caicos
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
AMD Caicos
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
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Architecture
TeraScale
Caicos
Code name
R680
Desktop
Type
Desktop
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Release date
26 January 2008 (13 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$449
$10.38
Price now
$254 (0.6x MSRP)
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Value for money
0.15
Caicos
GPU code name
R680
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
320
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Core clock speed
825 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
666 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
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Texture fill rate
13.20
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Floating-point performance
2x 528.0 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
370 million
Number of transistors
666 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
165 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
267 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
GDDR3
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Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1802 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
57.66 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
4.4
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $254 (0.6x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

4.28% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (320 vs 160)

So, AMD Caicos or ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 .

AMD Caicos versus ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Caicos
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2