NVIDIA Quadro 3000M vs NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro 3000M and NVIDIA NVS 5100M 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: 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 3000M

NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more texture fill rate: 18 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 240 vs 48
3.7x better floating-point performance: 432.0 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 998 vs 200
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 316 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 February 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Texture fill rate	18 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	240 vs 48
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	998 vs 200
PassMark - G2D Mark	316 vs 62

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6549 vs 3783
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2747 vs 543
5.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2747 vs 543

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 450 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	6549 vs 3783
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2747 vs 543
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2747 vs 543

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro 3000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 5100M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

998

200

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

316

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3783

6549

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

2747

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

543

2747

Name	NVIDIA Quadro 3000M	NVIDIA NVS 5100M
PassMark - G3D Mark	998	200
PassMark - G2D Mark	316	62
Geekbench - OpenCL	3783	6549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.95
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	325.007
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	13.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	27.961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	374
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	543	2747
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	374
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	543	2747

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro 3000M	NVIDIA NVS 5100M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF104	GT216
Launch date	22 February 2011	7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$398.96
Place in performance rating	1493	1494
Price now	$199.95
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	7.98
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	432.0 gflops	116.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	240	48
Texture fill rate	18 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1,950 million	486 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.0 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0