Quadro M3000M vs Radeon HD 7850M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M3000M and Radeon HD 7850M, 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 M3000M stacks up against Radeon HD 7850M, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M3000M and Radeon HD 7850M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro M3000M and Radeon HD 7850M 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 Quadro M3000M or Radeon HD 7850M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M3000M Radeon HD 7850M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 40 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro M3000M has 87% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M3000M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • Quadro M3000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7850M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M3000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 7850M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M3000M is 375 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850M.
  • Quadro M3000M and Radeon HD 7850M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M3000M is 1000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7850M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 6−7
ultra / 1080p 21−24 3−4
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 14−16
medium / 1080p 40−45 7−8
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M3000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 412% more, than Radeon HD 7850M.

Full Specs

  Quadro M3000M Radeon HD 7850M
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM204 Heathrow Pro
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 2 October 2015 24 April 2012
Pipelines 1,024 640
Core clock speed 1050 MHz 675 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 67.20 27.00
Floating-point performance 2,150 gflops 864.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 253 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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