Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 vs Quadro P2000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 and Quadro P2000, 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 3870 X2 stacks up against Quadro P2000, check out specs charts below.

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 P2000
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 5 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
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  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 46% more power consumption, than Quadro P2000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro P2000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 has 507 GB more memory, than Quadro P2000.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is used in Laptops, and Quadro P2000 - in Desktops.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is build with RV6xx architecture, and Quadro P2000 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P2000 is 416 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.
  • Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 is manufactured by 55 nm process technology, and Quadro P2000 - by 16 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P2000 is 6158 MHz higher, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 8−9 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 377% more, than Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Full Specs

  Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quadro P2000
Architecture RV6xx Pascal
Code name M88-XT CF GP106
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 1 September 2008 6 February 2017
Pipelines 640 1024
Core clock speed 660 MHz 1076 MHz
Boost Clock 1480 MHz
Transistor count 666 million 4,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 16 nm
Texture fill rate 10.56 94.72
Floating-point performance 2x 422.4 gflops 3,031 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 160 Bit
Memory clock speed 850 MHz 7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 54.4 GB/s 140.2 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 10.1 (10_1) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 4.1 6.4
OpenGL 3.3 4.6
OpenCL N/A 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.19 kh/s
Laptop size large
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