NVIDIA Quadro 3000M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 3000M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 3000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 18 GTexel / s vs 11.8 billion / sec
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 240 vs 96
  • Around 52% better floating-point performance: 432.0 gflops vs 284.16 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 998 vs 570
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 315 vs 116
  • Around 60% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3773 vs 2363
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 10.95 vs 4.651
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 325.007 vs 213.211
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.865 vs 0.624
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 13.794 vs 10.521
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 27.961 vs 23.978
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 February 2011 vs 5 January 2011
Texture fill rate 18 GTexel / s vs 11.8 billion / sec
Pipelines 240 vs 96
Floating-point performance 432.0 gflops vs 284.16 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 998 vs 570
PassMark - G2D Mark 315 vs 116
Geekbench - OpenCL 3773 vs 2363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.95 vs 4.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 325.007 vs 213.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.865 vs 0.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.794 vs 10.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.961 vs 23.978

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

  • Around 64% higher core clock speed: 740 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1056 vs 218
  • 4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1790 vs 374
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1352 vs 543
  • 4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1056 vs 218
  • 4.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1790 vs 374
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1352 vs 543
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 740 MHz vs 450 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1056 vs 218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1790 vs 374
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1352 vs 543
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1056 vs 218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1790 vs 374
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1352 vs 543

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
998
570
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
315
116
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3773
2363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.95
4.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
325.007
213.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
0.865
0.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13.794
10.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.961
23.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
218
1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
374
1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
543
1352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
218
1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
374
1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
543
1352
Name NVIDIA Quadro 3000M NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
PassMark - G3D Mark 998 570
PassMark - G2D Mark 315 116
Geekbench - OpenCL 3773 2363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.95 4.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 325.007 213.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.865 0.624
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.794 10.521
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 27.961 23.978
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 218 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 374 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 543 1352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 218 1056
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 374 1790
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 543 1352

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro 3000M NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Fermi
Code name GF104 GF108
Launch date 22 February 2011 5 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $398.96
Place in performance rating 1502 1504
Price now $199.95
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 7.98

Technical info

Core clock speed 450 MHz 740 MHz
Floating-point performance 432.0 gflops 284.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 240 96
Texture fill rate 18 GTexel / s 11.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1,950 million 585 million
CUDA cores 96

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large large

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 80.0 GB / s 28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2500 MHz 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus