Mobility Radeon HD 4870 vs Quadro K3100M
If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro K3100M, 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 4870 stacks up against Quadro K3100M, check out specs charts below.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro K3100M are Laptop Graphics Cards
Note: Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro K3100M 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 4870 or Quadro K3100M here:
Main Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Quadro K3100M
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
4 GB
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro K3100M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
Quadro K3100M has 3 GB more memory, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is used in Laptops, and Quadro K3100M - in Mobile workstations.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is build with Terascale 1 architecture, and Quadro K3100M - with Kepler.
Core clock speed of Quadro K3100M is 156 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro K3100M - by 28 nm process technology.
Memory clock speed of Quadro K3100M is 2312 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
Game benchmarks
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Battlefield 5
Call of Duty: Warzone
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
Dota 2
Far Cry 5
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 4
Grand Theft Auto V
Metro Exodus
Minecraft
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
World of Tanks
high / 1080p
7−8
10−12
ultra / 1080p
4−5
7−8
QHD / 1440p
0−1
1−2
low / 720p
16−18
24−27
medium / 1080p
8−9
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 55% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
12−14
18−20
ultra / 1080p
10−11
16−18
QHD / 1440p
0−1
2−3
low / 720p
24−27
40−45
medium / 1080p
12−14
20−22
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Battlefield 5 is 60% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
45−50
45−50
high / 1080p
45−50
−
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
Mobility Radeon HD 4870 and Quadro K3100M have the same average FPS in Call of Duty: Warzone.
low / 768p
140−150
180−190
medium / 768p
110−120
150−160
ultra / 1080p
55−60
80−85
QHD / 1440p
30−33
45−50
4K / 2160p
27−30
30−33
high / 768p
80−85
110−120
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is 34% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
55−60
55−60
ultra / 1080p
20−22
30−35
medium / 1080p
45−50
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Cyberpunk 2077 is 7% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
80−85
100−105
medium / 768p
60−65
80−85
ultra / 1080p
35−40
50−55
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Dota 2 is 31% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
8−9
12−14
ultra / 1080p
8−9
12−14
4K / 2160p
3−4
5−6
low / 720p
18−20
30−35
medium / 1080p
9−10
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Far Cry 5 is 66% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
14−16
20−22
ultra / 1080p
10−11
14−16
low / 720p
60−65
80−85
medium / 1080p
24−27
40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Fortnite is 42% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
12−14
20−22
ultra / 1080p
10−12
16−18
QHD / 1440p
1−2
5−6
low / 720p
27−30
40−45
medium / 1080p
14−16
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Forza Horizon 4 is 61% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
50−55
70−75
medium / 768p
45−50
60−65
high / 1080p
12−14
21−24
ultra / 1080p
6−7
9−10
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Grand Theft Auto V is 41% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
5−6
7−8
ultra / 1080p
3−4
5−6
4K / 2160p
0−1
1−2
low / 720p
12−14
21−24
medium / 1080p
6−7
10−11
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Metro Exodus is 57% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
95−100
100−110
high / 1080p
90−95
−
ultra / 1080p
80−85
95−100
medium / 1080p
90−95
100−110
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Minecraft is 13% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
16−18
20−22
ultra / 1080p
14−16
16−18
low / 720p
30−35
45−50
medium / 1080p
18−20
21−24
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS is 35% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
high / 1080p
−
12−14
ultra / 1080p
7−8
9−10
QHD / 1440p
0−1
0−1
low / 720p
12−14
21−24
medium / 1080p
10−12
14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in Red Dead Redemption 2 is 50% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
24−27
40−45
medium / 768p
16−18
24−27
high / 1080p
9−10
14−16
ultra / 1080p
6−7
9−10
4K / 2160p
6−7
7−8
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is 53% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
low / 768p
85−90
95−100
medium / 768p
45−50
55−60
ultra / 1080p
20−22
27−30
high / 768p
35−40
45−50
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K3100M in World of Tanks is 18% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 4870.
Full Specs
Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Quadro K3100M
Architecture
Terascale 1
Kepler
Code name
M98-XT
N15E-Q1-A2
Type
Laptop
Mobile workstation
Release date
9 January 2009
23 July 2013
Pipelines
800
768
Core clock speed
550 MHz
706 MHz
Transistor count
956 million
3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
28 nm
Texture fill rate
22.00
45.18
Floating-point performance
880.0 gflops
1,084 gflops
Memory bus width
256 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
888 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth
56.83 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
DirectX
10.1 (10_1)
12
Shader Model
4.1
5
OpenGL
3.3
4.5
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126
CUDA
+
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256)
44 Mh/s
Laptop size
large
large
Optimus
+
Display Port
1.2
3D Vision Pro
+
Mosaic
+
nView Display Management
+
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