NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

234
Place in performance rating
274
38.39
Value for money (0-100)
20.04
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GM204
Code name
Tahiti
Mobile workstation
Type
Desktop
2 October 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
19 November 2012 (9 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$270
$981
Price now
$133 (0.5x MSRP)
6.46
Value for money
13.51
GM204
GPU code name
Tahiti
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1,024
Pipelines
1536
1050 MHz
Core clock speed
925 MHz
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Boost Clock
975 MHz
5,200 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
67.20
Texture fill rate
93.60
2,150 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,995 gflops
1,024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
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Boost clock speed
975 MHz
5,200 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
185 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
large
Laptop size
no data

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 Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
160 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
1.2
Display Port
no data
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT is the additional functionality.

5.2
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
3D Vision Pro
no data
+
Mosaic
no data
+
nView Display Management
no data
+
nView
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
5.0
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT 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 Quadro M3000M or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
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 Quadro M3000M

4.17% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 185 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Cheaper ($133 (0.5x MSRP) vs $981)

More pipelines (1536 vs 1,024)

More memory bandwidth (192.0 GB/s vs 160 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro M3000M or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro M3000M .

NVIDIA Quadro M3000M versus AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT