NVIDIA Quadro K3000M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K3000M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 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 K3000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 4.5x more pipelines: 576 vs 128
  • Around 95% better floating-point performance: 753.4 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 2800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1652 vs 601
  • 5.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 341 vs 59
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3505 vs 3108
  • Around 13% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3505 vs 3108
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 4 March 2009
Pipelines 576 vs 128
Floating-point performance 753.4 gflops vs 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1652 vs 601
PassMark - G2D Mark 341 vs 59
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3505 vs 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3505 vs 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3351

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

  • 2.8x more core clock speed: 1836 MHz vs 654 MHz
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 47.2 billion / sec vs 31.39 GTexel / s
Core clock speed 1836 MHz vs 654 MHz
Texture fill rate 47.2 billion / sec vs 31.39 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1652
601
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
341
59
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3505
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3505
3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3351
Name NVIDIA Quadro K3000M NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
PassMark - G3D Mark 1652 601
PassMark - G2D Mark 341 59
Geekbench - OpenCL 4252
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 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3505 3108
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3351

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K3000M NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Essentials

Architecture Kepler Tesla
Code name GK104 G92B
Launch date 1 June 2012 4 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $155 $199
Place in performance rating 1023 1038
Price now $155 $114.99
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 13.57 9.91

Technical info

Core clock speed 654 MHz 1836 MHz
Floating-point performance 753.4 gflops 387.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 576 128
Texture fill rate 31.39 GTexel / s 47.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 754 million
CUDA cores 128
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, Two Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 9" (228.6 mm) (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.0
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB / s 70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz 1100 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
SLI