NVIDIA Quadro K3100M vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K3100M and ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 450 MHz
25.1x more texture fill rate: 45.18 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
192x more pipelines: 768 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
5.8x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 550 MHz
83.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2263 vs 27
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 324 vs 158

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 1 June 2004
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	45.18 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2263 vs 27
PassMark - G2D Mark	324 vs 158

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2263

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

324

158

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K3100M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
PassMark - G3D Mark	2263	27
PassMark - G2D Mark	324	158
Geekbench - OpenCL	6033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	426.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	38.135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2616
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K3100M	ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Rage 9
Code name	GK104	M11
Launch date	23 July 2013	1 June 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1074	1071
Price now	$1,999
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,084 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	768	4
Texture fill rate	45.18 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	76 million
Boost clock speed		450 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	AGP 8x
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	275 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	128 / 64
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus