NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
VS
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition  vs  ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2.

not rated
Place in performance rating
756
Kepler
Architecture
TeraScale
GK104
Code name
R680
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 November 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
26 January 2008 (13 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$449
$149
Price now
$254 (0.6x MSRP)
no data
Value for money
0.15
GK104
GPU code name
R680
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition  vs  ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1536
Pipelines
320
771 MHz
Core clock speed
825 MHz
797 MHz
Boost Clock
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3,540 million
Transistor count
666 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
122 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
165 Watt
102.0
Texture fill rate
13.20
2,448 gflops
Floating-point performance
2x 528.0 gflops
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
320
797 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
3,540 million
Number of transistors
666 million
122 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
165 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

MXM-B (3.0)
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 cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
1802 MHz
160.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
57.66 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2.

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

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition and ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other 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 GTX 780M Mac Edition 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 GTX 780M Mac Edition 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 GTX 780M Mac Edition
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition
ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

Cheaper ($149 vs $254 (0.6x MSRP))

More pipelines (1536 vs 320)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (122 Watt vs 165 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 57.66 GB/s)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

3.05% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition or ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition versus ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 performance benchmarks comparison

Passmark

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User rating

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