Quadro K1000M vs Radeon HD 4870

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K1000M and Radeon HD 4870, 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 Quadro K1000M stacks up against Radeon HD 4870, check out specs charts below.

Quadro K1000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro K1000M 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 Quadro K1000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K1000M Radeon HD 4870
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 150 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4870 has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro K1000M.
  • Quadro K1000M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon HD 4870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K1000M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Quadro K1000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 4870 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro K1000M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 4870 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro K1000M is 100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 4870.
  • Quadro K1000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4870 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4870 is 1800 MHz higher, than Quadro K1000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 1−2 14−16
medium / 1080p 0−1 6−7
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Quadro K1000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K1000M Radeon HD 4870
Architecture Kepler TeraScale
Code name N14P-Q1 RV770
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 June 2012 25 June 2008
Pipelines 192 800
Core clock speed 850 MHz 750 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 13.60 30.00
Floating-point performance 326.4 gflops 1,200.0 gflops
Length 250 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 3600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 10 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
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