NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA Quadro M3000M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

234
Place in performance rating
274
38.39
Value for money (0-100)
20.04
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GM204
Code name
Tahiti
Mobile workstation
Type
Desktop
2 October 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
19 November 2012 (9 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$270
$981
Price now
$133 (0.5x MSRP)
6.46
Value for money
13.51
GM204
GPU code name
Tahiti
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA Quadro M3000M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1,024
Pipelines
1536
1050 MHz
Core clock speed
925 MHz
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Boost Clock
975 MHz
5,200 million
Transistor count
4,313 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
75 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
67.20
Texture fill rate
93.60
2,150 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,995 gflops
1,024
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
no data
Boost clock speed
975 MHz
5,200 million
Number of transistors
4,313 million
75 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
185 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
267 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
large
Laptop size
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
160 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
1.2
Display Port
no data
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

5.2
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
3D Vision Pro
no data
+
Mosaic
no data
+
nView Display Management
no data
+
nView
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
no data
5.0
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
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Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

4.17% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 185 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT

Cheaper ($133 (0.5x MSRP) vs $981)

More pipelines (1536 vs 1,024)

More memory bandwidth (192.0 GB/s vs 160 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro M3000M or AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro M3000M .

NVIDIA Quadro M3000M versus AMD Radeon HD 7870 XT performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

Unigine Heaven 4.0

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3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

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Unigine Heaven 3.0

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SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

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SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

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Octane Render OctaneBench

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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User rating

4.5 Out of 19 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 7 Hitesti Score