Radeon HD 3870 vs GeForce GTX 280

Radeon HD 3870
GeForce GTX 280
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR4
777MHz
240 Shaders
1GB GDDR3
602MHz
FP32
0.5 TFLOPS
FP32
0.62 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
106W
TDP
236W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
2x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
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GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Metal - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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GB5 Vulkan - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT 2020.1 - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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OCT Metal - N/A
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Manufacturer
ATI
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
ATI
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
TeraScale 1
Architecture
Tesla 2
Family
Radeon HD 3000
Family
GeForce 200
Codename
Boom
RV670
Variant
RV670 XT
Codename
NVA0
GT200
Variant
GT200-300-A2
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/19/2007
Release Date
6/17/2008
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
55nm
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Fabrication Node
65nm
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Die Size
192 mm²
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Die Size
576 mm²
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Transistor Count
666 Million
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Transistor Count
1.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
3.47M/mm²
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Transistor Density
2.43M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Shading Units
240 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
16 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
30 SMs
Compute Units
4 CUs
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777MHz
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1296MHz Shader
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602MHz
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FP32
0.5 TFLOPS
FP32
0.62 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.1 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.08 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
12.432 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
19.264 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
12.432 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
48.16 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
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Unknown
L2
256KB Shared
L2
256KB Shared
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1GB
GDDR4
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1GB
GDDR3
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
512Bit
Clock
1126MHz
Transfer Rate
2.3GT/s
Bandwidth
72.1GB/s
Clock
1107MHz
Transfer Rate
2.2GT/s
Bandwidth
141.7GB/s
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TDP
106W
TDP
236W
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1x S-Video
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2x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x S-Video
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Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution
2560x1600
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
2
Multi Monitor Support
2
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No Encoders
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No Encoders
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Model
UVD 1.0
No Decoders
Codec
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
10
Direct 3D
10_1
Direct X
11
Direct 3D
10_0
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
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Shader Model
4.1
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GFX
3
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Shader Model
4.0
CUDA
1.3
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PureVideo HD
VP2
VDPAU
Feature Set A
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
2.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way CrossFireX
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
3-way SLI
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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