Quadro K3000M vs Radeon HD 5870

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro K3000M and Radeon HD 5870. 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 Quadro K3000M and Radeon HD 5870. 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.

Quadro K3000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro K3000M 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 K3000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K3000M Radeon HD 5870
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 188 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5870 has 150% more power consumption, than Quadro K3000M.
  • Quadro K3000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 5870 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K3000M has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5870.
  • Quadro K3000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5870 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro K3000M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 5870 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 196 MHz higher, than Quadro K3000M.
  • Quadro K3000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5870 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 5870 is 2000 MHz higher, than Quadro K3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 10−12
ultra / 1080p 4−5 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 18−20 24−27
medium / 1080p 9−10 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 5870 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 40% more, than Quadro K3000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K3000M Radeon HD 5870
Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name N14E-Q1 Cypress
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 June 2012 23 September 2009
Pipelines 576 1600
Core clock speed 654 MHz 850 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,154 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 31.39 68.00
Floating-point performance 753.4 gflops 2,720.0 gflops
Length 282 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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