| Attribute | Mobility Radeon HD 3870 × | GeForce GT 9600 × |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | ||
| Release year (year) | 2008 | 2008 |
| GPU brand | ATI | Nvidia |
| GPU name | M88 | G94 |
| Market | Laptop | Desktop |
| Clock speed (MHz) | 660 | 650 |
| Is dual GPU | - | - |
| Model | Mobility Radeon HD 3870 | GeForce GT 9600 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory (MB) | 512 | 512 |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 54.4 | 57.6 |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 | 256 |
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Memory clock speed (MHz) | 850 | 900 |
| Effective memory clock speed (MHz) | 1,700 | 1,800 |
| Noise and power | ||
| TDP (W) | 55 | 95 |
| Load power consumption (W) | 253 | - |
| Idle power consumption (W) | 115 | - |
| Load noise level (dB) | 42.3 | - |
| Idle noise level (dB) | 39.9 | - |
| Raw performance | ||
| Pixel rate (GPixel/s) | 10.56 | 10.4 |
| Render output processors | 16 | 16 |
| Texture mapping units | 16 | 32 |
| Shading units | 320 | 64 |
| Floating-point performance (GFLOPS) | 422 | 208 |
| Compute units | 4 | - |
| Texture rate (GTexel/s) | 10.56 | 20.8 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| PassMark | 728 | 739 |
| 3DMark Vantage (Texture Fill) | 12.69 | - |
| Cloud Gate Factor | - | 8.79 |
| Face detection (mPixels/s) | - | 0.47 |