NVIDIA Quadro K3000M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K3000M and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT 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 K3000M

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 654 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 31.39 GTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2x more memory clock speed: 2800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
4.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1643 vs 348
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 339 vs 153

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 June 2012 vs 6 August 2006
Core clock speed	654 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	31.39 GTexel / s vs 13.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2800 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1643 vs 348
PassMark - G2D Mark	339 vs 153

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1643

348

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

339

153

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K3000M	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	1643	348
PassMark - G2D Mark	339	153
Geekbench - OpenCL	4199
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K3000M	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	G71
Launch date	1 June 2012	6 August 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$155	$114.95
Place in performance rating	1033	1036
Price now	$155	$114.95
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.57	2.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	654 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	753.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	576
Texture fill rate	31.39 GTexel / s	13.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	89.6 GB / s	44.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2800 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0