Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Quadro K3000M

In this comparison between Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro K3000M you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Mobility Radeon HD 5870 will be the best choice, for others Quadro K3000M will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro K3000M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 5870 and Quadro K3000M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 5870 or Quadro K3000M here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Quadro K3000M
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro K3000M has 50% more power consumption, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Both video cards are using MXM-B (3.0) interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro K3000M has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K3000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Quadro K3000M - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is 46 MHz higher, than Quadro K3000M.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro K3000M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K3000M is 1800 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 5870.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−11 7−8
ultra / 1080p 6−7 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than Quadro K3000M.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Quadro K3000M
Architecture Terascale 2 Kepler
Code name Broadway-XT N14E-Q1
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 7 January 2010 1 June 2012
Pipelines 800 576
Core clock speed 700 MHz 654 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 28.00 31.39
Floating-point performance 1,120.0 gflops 753.4 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 2800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
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