Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Quadro 6000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro 6000, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 stacks up against Quadro 6000, check out specs charts below.

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 6000
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 204 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro 6000 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 6000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Quadro 6000 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Quadro 6000 - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is 86 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro 6000 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 6000 is 2138 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 14−16
ultra / 1080p 4−5 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 16−18 27−30
medium / 1080p 8−9 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 6000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 88% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quadro 6000
Architecture RV6xx Fermi
Code name M88-XT CF GF100
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 September 2008 10 December 2010
Pipelines 640 448
Core clock speed 660 MHz 574 MHz
Transistor count 666 million 3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 10.56 32.14
Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 1,027.7 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 2988 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 143.4 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
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 91 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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