NVIDIA Quadro K3000M vs AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7470M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K3000M

AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
5.2x more texture fill rate: 31.39 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
3.6x more pipelines: 576 vs 160
3.1x better floating-point performance: 753.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 2800 MHz vs 1800 MHz
4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1652 vs 408
Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4252 vs 3322
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3505 vs 1422
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3074
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3505 vs 1422
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3074

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2012 vs 7 January 2012
Texture fill rate	31.39 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	576 vs 160
Floating-point performance	753.4 gflops vs 240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2800 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1652 vs 408
Geekbench - OpenCL	4252 vs 3322
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3505 vs 1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 3074
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3505 vs 1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 3074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7470M

Around 15% higher core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 654 MHz
10.7x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 341

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	750 MHz vs 654 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	393 vs 341

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7470M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1652

408

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

341

393

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4252

3322

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3505

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3074

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3505

1422

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

3074

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K3000M	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1652	408
PassMark - G2D Mark	341	393
Geekbench - OpenCL	4252	3322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	14.45
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	403.983
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.992
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	24.266
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3505	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	3074
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3505	1422
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	3074
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K3000M	AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Seymour
Launch date	1 June 2012	7 January 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$155
Place in performance rating	1007	1024
Price now	$155
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	13.57
Technical info
Core clock speed	654 MHz	750 MHz
Floating-point performance	753.4 gflops	240.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	576	160
Texture fill rate	31.39 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	7 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	370 million
Boost clock speed		800 MHz
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
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	89.6 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0