ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 vs GeForce GTS 350M

Place in the ranking	1095	1010
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.61	1.75
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GT215	M88
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	4 June 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	320
Core clock speed	500 MHz	660 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	666 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.00	10.56
Floating-point processing power	0.24 TFLOPS	0.4224 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	360	no data
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	32	16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16
SLI options	+	-
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	850 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	54.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1	4.1
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Fortnite	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	2−3
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
World of Tanks	24−27 −20.8%	27−30 +20.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
World of Tanks	5−6 −60%	8−9 +60%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Valorant	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2
Valorant	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Low Preset

Elden Ring

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Dota 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Elden Ring	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Dota 2

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

4K
High Preset

Elden Ring

0−1

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in World of Tanks, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 3870 is 60% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 3870 is ahead in 23 tests (59%)
there's a draw in 16 tests (41%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.06	1.40
Recency	7 January 2010	4 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	55 Watt

GTS 350M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 96.4% lower power consumption.

ATI Mobility HD 3870, on the other hand, has a 32.1% higher aggregate performance score.

The Mobility Radeon HD 3870 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 350M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.