Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Quadro M2000

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro M2000. 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 M2000. 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 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 M2000
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR3 128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 46% more power consumption, than Quadro M2000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro M2000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 508 GB more memory, than Quadro M2000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Quadro M2000 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Quadro M2000 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 136 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro M2000 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M2000 is 5762 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 21−24
ultra / 1080p 4−5 12−14
QHD / 1440p 0−1 6−7
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 16−18 40−45
medium / 1080p 8−9 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 177% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quadro M2000
Architecture RV6xx Maxwell 2.0
Code name M88-XT CF GM206
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 September 2008 8 April 2016
Pipelines 640 768
Core clock speed 660 MHz 796 MHz
Boost Clock 1163 MHz
Transistor count 666 million 2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 10.56 55.82
Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 1,812 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 6612 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12
Shader Model 4.1 5
OpenGL 3.3 4.5
OpenCL N/A 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 215 Mh/s
Laptop size large
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
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