Quadro T1000 vs Radeon HD 7870M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro T1000 and Radeon HD 7870M, 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 T1000 stacks up against Radeon HD 7870M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 7870M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 7870M 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 Radeon HD 7870M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro T1000 Radeon HD 7870M
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 45 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro T1000 has 11% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 7870M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro T1000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7870M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro T1000 is build with Turing architecture, and Radeon HD 7870M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro T1000 is 595 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870M.
  • Quadro T1000 is manufactured by 12 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro T1000 is 4000 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 6−7
ultra / 1080p 21−24 4−5
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 16−18
medium / 1080p 40−45 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Quadro T1000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than Radeon HD 7870M.

Full Specs

  Quadro T1000 Radeon HD 7870M
Architecture Turing GCN
Code name TU117 Heathrow XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 27 May 2019 24 April 2012
Pipelines 640
Core clock speed 1395 MHz 800 MHz
Boost Clock 1455 MHz
Transistor count 4,700 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 32.00
Floating-point performance 1,024 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 8000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size large
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