NVIDIA GeForce 720A
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
NVIDIA GeForce 720A
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 720A and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

749
Place in performance rating
756
Fermi 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale
GF117
Code name
R680
Desktop
Type
Desktop
1 July 2014 (7 years ago)
Release date
26 January 2008 (13 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$449
$639
Price now
$254 (0.6x MSRP)
0.19
Value for money
0.15
GF117
GPU code name
R680
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 720A and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

96
Pipelines
320
775 MHz
Core clock speed
825 MHz
938 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
585 million
Transistor count
666 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
15.01
Texture fill rate
13.20
360.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 528.0 gflops
96
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
938 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
585 million
Number of transistors
666 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
165 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 720A and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
no data
Length
267 mm
no data
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 NVIDIA GeForce 720A and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1802 MHz
16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
57.66 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 720A and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 720A and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
4.6
OpenGL
3.3

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 720A 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 NVIDIA GeForce 720A 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) NVIDIA GeForce 720A
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 720A
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 720A
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 720A
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 720A
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 NVIDIA GeForce 720A

0.07% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 165 Watt)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

Cheaper ($254 (0.6x MSRP) vs $639)

More pipelines (320 vs 96)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (57.66 GB/s vs 16 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 720A or ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 720A .

NVIDIA GeForce 720A versus ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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