ATI Radeon HD 3870
VS
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
ATI Radeon HD 3870
VS
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards ATI Radeon HD 3870 and AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri). Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

821
Place in performance rating
841
TeraScale
Architecture
GCN 1.1
RV670
Code name
Kaveri
Desktop
Type
Laptop
19 November 2007 (14 years ago)
Release date
4 June 2014 (7 years ago)
$269
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$283 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
no data
0.08
Value for money
no data
RV670
GPU code name
Kaveri
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between ATI Radeon HD 3870 and AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri) based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

320
Pipelines
192
777 MHz
Core clock speed
533 MHz
666 million
Transistor count
2410 Million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
106 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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12.43
Texture fill rate
no data
497.3 gflops
Floating-point performance
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320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
666 million
Number of transistors
2410 Million
106 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the ATI Radeon HD 3870 and AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri).

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
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241 mm
Length
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1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
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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 ATI Radeon HD 3870 and AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri) can be seen in this section.

GDDR4
Memory type
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512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
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256 Bit
Memory bus width
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2252 MHz
Memory clock speed
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72.06 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards ATI Radeon HD 3870 and AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri), the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is ATI Radeon HD 3870 and AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri). Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

10.1 (10_1)
DirectX
DirectX 12 (FL 12_0), Shader 5.0
3.3
OpenGL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for ATI Radeon HD 3870 and AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri) 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 ATI Radeon HD 3870 or AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri) good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3870
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
Death Stranding (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3870
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
F1 2020 (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3870
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
Gears Tactics (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3870
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
Doom Eternal (2020) ATI Radeon HD 3870
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
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 ATI Radeon HD 3870

1.65% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (320 vs 192)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

So, ATI Radeon HD 3870 or AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)?

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

ATI Radeon HD 3870 versus AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri) performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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