NVIDIA Quadro K5200 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K5200 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro K5200

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K5200

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 1% higher core clock speed: 667 MHz vs 660 MHz
14x more texture fill rate: 148.0 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
7.2x more pipelines: 2304 vs 320
8.4x better floating-point performance: 3,553 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1700 MHz
11x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6030 vs 548
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 531 vs 288

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 4 June 2008
Core clock speed	667 MHz vs 660 MHz
Texture fill rate	148.0 GTexel / s vs 10.56 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 320
Floating-point performance	3,553 gflops vs 422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6030 vs 548
PassMark - G2D Mark	531 vs 288

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K5200
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6030

548

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

531

288

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K5200	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
PassMark - G3D Mark	6030	548
PassMark - G2D Mark	531	288
Geekbench - OpenCL	18340
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	47.147
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1278.433
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	50.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	115.307
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5946
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5946
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3708
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K5200	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale
Code name	GK110B	M88
Launch date	22 July 2014	4 June 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,699.74
Place in performance rating	534	538
Price now	$523.66
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	14.51
Technical info
Boost clock speed	771 MHz
Core clock speed	667 MHz	660 MHz
Floating-point performance	3,553 gflops	422.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	2304	320
Texture fill rate	148.0 GTexel / s	10.56 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	7,080 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.3 GB / s	54.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
PowerPlay 7.0