Quadro P600 vs Radeon HD 7870M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro P600 and Radeon HD 7870M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro P600 and Radeon HD 7870M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 P600 Radeon HD 7870M
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 45 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7870M has 12% more power consumption, than Quadro P600.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro P600 and Radeon HD 7870M have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro P600 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 7870M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro P600 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7870M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P600 is 630 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870M.
  • Quadro P600 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7870M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P600 is 1012 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7870M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 6−7
ultra / 1080p 10−11 4−5
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
low / 720p 35−40 16−18
medium / 1080p 21−24 8−9
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P600 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 133% more, than Radeon HD 7870M.

Full Specs

  Quadro P600 Radeon HD 7870M
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name GP107 Heathrow XT
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 14 November 2017 24 April 2012
Pipelines 384 640
Core clock speed 1430 MHz 800 MHz
Boost Clock 1620 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 37.37 32.00
Floating-point performance 1,117 gflops 1,024 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64.13 GB/s 64 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 6.4 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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