Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Quadro 7000

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro 7000. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro 7000. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quadro 7000
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 204 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro 7000 has 85% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 506 GB more memory, than Quadro 7000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Quadro 7000 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Quadro 7000 - with Fermi 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is 9 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro 7000 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 7000 is 2554 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 18−20
ultra / 1080p 4−5 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 16−18 35−40
medium / 1080p 8−9 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 144% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quadro 7000
Architecture RV6xx Fermi 2.0
Code name M88-XT CF GF110
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 September 2008 2 May 2012
Pipelines 640 512
Core clock speed 660 MHz 651 MHz
Transistor count 666 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 10.56 41.66
Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 1,332 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 3404 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 163.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 4.1 5.1
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL N/A 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Laptop size large
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