NVIDIA Quadro K3100M videocard review

NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

Quadro K3100M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 23 July 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $1,999. The videocard is designed for mobile workstation-computers and based on Kepler microarchitecture codenamed GK104.

Core clock speed - 706 MHz. Texture fill rate - 45.18 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 768. Floating-point performance - 1,084 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 3,540 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3200 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 102.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38717
2271
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1306
323
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
352097
6321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
19.239 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
426.305 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
1.356 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
15.251 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
38.135 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3721 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
2502 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2616 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3721.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
2502.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2616.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36540
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2271
PassMark - G2D Mark 323
Geekbench - OpenCL 6321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 19.239 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 426.305 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 1.356 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 15.251 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 38.135 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3721 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2502 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2616 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3721.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 2502.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2616.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Games performance

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76840.30
Medium, 1366x76823.50
High, 1920x108013.80
Ultra, 1920x10807.20
4K, 3840x21605.10

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768273.90
Medium, 1366x76883.35
High, 1920x108045.60
Ultra, 1920x108023.20
4K, 3840x216016.75

Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)

Low, 1024x76897.70
Medium, 1366x76862.80
High, 1920x108021.90
Ultra, 1920x108014.50

Far Cry 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x76872.60
Medium, 1366x76853.30
High, 1920x108022.90
Ultra, 1920x108018.30

Assassin's Creed Unity (2014)

Low, 1024x76838.90
Medium, 1366x76827.50
High, 1920x108018.30
Ultra, 1920x108010.10

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Low, 1024x76881.40
Medium, 1366x76850.30
High, 1920x108027.60
Ultra, 1920x108015.70

Alien: Isolation (2014)

Low, 1024x768134.90
Medium, 1366x76891.10
High, 1920x108048.30
Ultra, 1920x108032.60

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (2014)

Low, 1280x72077.80
Medium, 1344x75649.40
High, 1920x108027.50
Ultra, 1920x108021.80

Sims 4 (2014)

Low, 1024x768171.90
Medium, 1366x768104.50
High, 1920x108064.90
Ultra, 1920x108054.70

Thief (2014)

Low, 1024x76861.40
Medium, 1366x76839.60
High, 1366x76833.45
Ultra, 1920x108019.25

Battlefield 4 (2013)

Low, 1024x768108.40
Medium, 1366x76875.40
High, 1366x76855.40
Ultra, 1920x108024.00
4K, 3840x216011.70

Metro: Last Light (2013)

Low, 1024x76884.45
Medium, 1366x76875.30
High, 1366x76840.60
Ultra, 1920x108018.95

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x720158.05
Medium, 1366x76896.90
High, 1366x76884.80
Ultra, 1920x108026.85

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x768197.15
Medium, 1366x768114.50
High, 1366x76885.00
Ultra, 1920x108025.75

Crysis 3 (2013)

Low, 1024x768109.50
Medium, 1366x76864.10
High, 1366x76841.20
Ultra, 1920x108015.90

Hitman: Absolution (2012)

Low, 1024x76861.00
Ultra, 1920x108019.00

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x768113.00
Ultra, 1920x108038.00

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x76889.00
Ultra, 1920x108034.00

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768227.00
Ultra, 1920x108096.00

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768264.00
Ultra, 1920x108049.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768246.00
Ultra, 1920x108056.00

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600372.00
Medium, 1024x768203.00
High, 1280x102495.00
Ultra, 1920x108047.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Kepler
Code name GK104
Launch date 23 July 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $1,999
Place in performance rating 1068
Price now $1,999
Type Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100) 1.38

Technical info

Core clock speed 706 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,084 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 768
Texture fill rate 45.18 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs
Display Port 1.2

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5
Shader Model 5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 3200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus