Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Quadro 4000M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro 4000M. 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 4000M. 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 and Quadro 4000M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro 4000M 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 3870 X2 or Quadro 4000M here:

Main Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quadro 4000M
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 10% more power consumption, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro 4000M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 510 GB more memory, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Quadro 4000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Quadro 4000M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is 185 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro 4000M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 4000M is 350 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 3−4
ultra / 1080p 4−5 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 14−16
medium / 1080p 8−9 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 50% more, than Quadro 4000M.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quadro 4000M
Architecture RV6xx Fermi
Code name M88-XT CF Fermi
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 1 September 2008 22 February 2011
Pipelines 640 336
Core clock speed 660 MHz 475 MHz
Transistor count 666 million 1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 10.56 26.60
Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 638.4 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 80 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 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
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