Quadro P3200 vs Radeon HD 7870 XT

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P3200 and Radeon HD 7870 XT, 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 P3200 stacks up against Radeon HD 7870 XT, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 7870 XT

Quadro P3200 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro P3200 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 P3200 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro P3200 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6084 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro P3200 has 6082 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.
  • Quadro P3200 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P3200 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7870 XT is 217 MHz higher, than Quadro P3200.
  • Quadro P3200 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870 XT - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P3200 is 1008 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 40−45 35−40
ultra / 1080p 24−27 21−24
QHD / 1440p 20−22 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−12 10−11
low / 720p 65−70 60−65
medium / 1080p 45−50 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P3200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 9% more, than Radeon HD 7870 XT.

Full Specs

  Quadro P3200 Radeon HD 7870 XT
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name N18E-Q1 Tahiti
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 27 February 2017 19 November 2012
Pipelines 1792 1536
Core clock speed 708 - 1202 MHz 925 MHz
Boost Clock 1228 MHz 975 MHz
Transistor count 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 93.60
Floating-point performance 2,995 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 346 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 14.5 Mh/s
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