Quadro 7000 vs Radeon HD 8870M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 7000 and Radeon HD 8870M. 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 7000 and Radeon HD 8870M. 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 8870M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8870M 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 8870M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon HD 8870M
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video No outputs
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  • Quadro 7000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8870M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 7000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8870M.
  • Quadro 7000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8870M - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 7000 is build with Fermi 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 8870M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8870M is 74 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.
  • Quadro 7000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8870M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8870M is 1096 MHz higher, than Quadro 7000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 18−20 7−8
ultra / 1080p 10−11 4−5
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 35−40 18−20
medium / 1080p 21−24 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 120% more, than Radeon HD 8870M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 7000 Radeon HD 8870M
Architecture Fermi 2.0 GCN
Code name GF110 Venus
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 2 May 2012 18 December 2012
Pipelines 512 640
Core clock speed 651 MHz 725 MHz
Boost Clock 775 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 41.66 31.00
Floating-point performance 1,332 gflops 992.0 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 3404 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 163.4 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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