NVIDIA GRID M3-3020 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GRID M3-3020 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GRID M3-3020

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M3-3020

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 11 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 250 MHz
52.2x more texture fill rate: 52.24 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 64 MB
13x more memory clock speed: 5200 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	18 May 2016 vs 31 May 2005
Core clock speed	1033 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GRID M3-3020
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD

Name	NVIDIA GRID M3-3020	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	41.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	726.846
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.442
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	155.196
PassMark - G3D Mark		2
PassMark - G2D Mark		119

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GRID M3-3020	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 SD
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Celsius
Code name	GM107	NV18 C1
Launch date	18 May 2016	31 May 2005
Place in performance rating	1283	1281
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1306 MHz
Core clock speed	1033 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,672 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	640
Texture fill rate	52.24 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,870 million	29 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		10 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DMS-59
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 8x
Length	267 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	8.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	83.2 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR