NVIDIA Quadro K3100M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K3100M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 45.18 GTexel / s vs 36.4 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 768 vs 336
Around 24% better floating-point performance: 1,084 gflops vs 873.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 11 October 2010
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	45.18 GTexel / s vs 36.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 336
Floating-point performance	1,084 gflops vs 873.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

Around 6% higher memory clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Around 15% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.202 vs 19.239
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 661.765 vs 426.305
Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.872 vs 1.468
Around 84% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.112 vs 15.251
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 76.736 vs 38.135
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 2502
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2616
Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 2502
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2616

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	3400 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.202 vs 19.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	661.765 vs 426.305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.872 vs 1.468
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	28.112 vs 15.251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	76.736 vs 38.135
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712 vs 2502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 2616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712 vs 2502
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 2616

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19.239

22.202

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

426.305

661.765

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.468

1.872

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15.251

28.112

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

38.135

76.736

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2502

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2616

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2502

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2616

3353

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K3100M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2270
PassMark - G2D Mark	323
Geekbench - OpenCL	6076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	19.239	22.202
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	426.305	661.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.468	1.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	15.251	28.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	38.135	76.736
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2502	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2616	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2502	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2616	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K3100M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Fermi
Code name	GK104	GF104
Launch date	23 July 2013	11 October 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999
Place in performance rating	1060	1061
Price now	$1,999
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,084 gflops	873.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	336
Texture fill rate	45.18 GTexel / s	36.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,950 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		210 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	108.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	3400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus