Quadro 3000M vs Radeon HD 4850 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 3000M and Radeon HD 4850 X2, 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 3000M stacks up against Radeon HD 4850 X2, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 4850 X2

Quadro 3000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 3000M 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 3000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 3000M Radeon HD 4850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 512 MB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DVI, 1x S-Video
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  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro 3000M.
  • Quadro 3000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 4850 X2 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 4850 X2 has 510 GB more memory, than Quadro 3000M.
  • Quadro 3000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 3000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - with TeraScale.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 175 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.
  • Quadro 3000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 4850 X2 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 4850 X2 is 1365 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 14−16
medium / 1080p 4−5 5−6
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 4850 X2 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Quadro 3000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 3000M Radeon HD 4850 X2
Architecture Fermi TeraScale
Code name Fermi R700
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 7 November 2008
Pipelines 240 800
Core clock speed 450 MHz 625 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 956 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 18.00 25.00
Floating-point performance 432.0 gflops 2x 1,000.0 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 625 MHz 1990 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 63.68 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model 5.1 4.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 28 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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