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.

 

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: 1643 vs 408
  • Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4199 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 1643 vs 408
Geekbench - OpenCL 4199 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 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 393 vs 339
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 339

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1643
408
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
339
393
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4199
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 1643 408
PassMark - G2D Mark 339 393
Geekbench - OpenCL 4199 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 1033 1034
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