ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 vs Quadro M3000M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M3000M with Mobility Radeon HD 5870, including specs and performance data.

M3000M
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
14.62
+394%

M3000M outperforms ATI Mobility HD 5870 by a whopping 394% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking359782
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.354.05
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGM204Broadway
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date18 August 2015 (9 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1,024800
Core clock speed1050 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate67.2028.00
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPS1.12 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs6440

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s64 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

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

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1211.2 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA5.2-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

M3000M 14.62
+394%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 2.96

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

M3000M 27405
+243%
ATI Mobility HD 5870 7999

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p150−160
+384%
31
−384%
Full HD61
+56.4%
39
−56.4%
4K27
+440%
5−6
−440%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+267%
9−10
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+820%
5−6
−820%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+450%
6−7
−450%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+388%
8−9
−388%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+481%
16−18
−481%
Hitman 3 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+232%
21−24
−232%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+1500%
3−4
−1500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+457%
7−8
−457%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+292%
12−14
−292%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+94.9%
35−40
−94.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+267%
9−10
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+820%
5−6
−820%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+450%
6−7
−450%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+388%
8−9
−388%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+481%
16−18
−481%
Hitman 3 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+232%
21−24
−232%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+1500%
3−4
−1500%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+457%
7−8
−457%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+292%
12−14
−292%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
+543%
14−16
−543%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+94.9%
35−40
−94.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+267%
9−10
−267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+450%
6−7
−450%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+481%
16−18
−481%
Hitman 3 27−30
+238%
8−9
−238%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+232%
21−24
−232%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+292%
12−14
−292%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+57.1%
14−16
−57.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+94.9%
35−40
−94.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+457%
7−8
−457%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+460%
5−6
−460%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+450%
4−5
−450%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+467%
3−4
−467%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+429%
14−16
−429%
Hitman 3 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+389%
18−20
−389%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+283%
6−7
−283%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Hitman 3 10−11
+400%
2−3
−400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+407%
14−16
−407%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+600%
2−3
−600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+225%
4−5
−225%

This is how M3000M and ATI Mobility HD 5870 compete in popular games:

  • M3000M is 384% faster in 900p
  • M3000M is 56% faster in 1080p
  • M3000M is 440% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the M3000M is 2200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, M3000M surpassed ATI Mobility HD 5870 in all 61 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.62 2.96
Recency 18 August 2015 7 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

M3000M has a 393.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 5870, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M3000M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobility Radeon HD 5870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M3000M is a mobile workstation card while Mobility Radeon HD 5870 is a mobile workstation one.


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