NVIDIA Quadro K3100M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K3100M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 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 Quadro FX 1400

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K3100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 706 MHz vs 350 MHz
10.8x more texture fill rate: 45.18 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
5.3x more memory clock speed: 3200 MHz vs 600 MHz
18.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2271 vs 124
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 323 vs 152

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 July 2013 vs 9 August 2004
Core clock speed	706 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	45.18 GTexel / s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2271 vs 124
PassMark - G2D Mark	323 vs 152

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2271

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

323

152

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K3100M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
PassMark - G3D Mark	2271	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	323	152
Geekbench - OpenCL	6294
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	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Curie
Code name	GK104	NV41
Launch date	23 July 2013	9 August 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	$799
Place in performance rating	1068	1070
Price now	$1,999
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	1.38
Technical info
Core clock speed	706 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,084 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	768
Texture fill rate	45.18 GTexel / s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	55 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus