NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- 4x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
- 3.6x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1375 MHz
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 August 2015 vs 22 December 2011 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 3 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 1375 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3720 vs 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 vs 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3720 vs 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 vs 3350 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 118.4 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
- 2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1,024
- Around 76% better floating-point performance: 3,789 gflops vs 2,150 gflops
- 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34541 vs 16615
- Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 84.413 vs 82.563
- Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1390.592 vs 1266.506
- Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.336 vs 4.91
- Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 101.929 vs 70.779
- Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 481.76 vs 252.607
- Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 9448 vs 7779
- Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 9448 vs 7779
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 118.4 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 1,024 |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops vs 2,150 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 34541 vs 16615 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 84.413 vs 82.563 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1390.592 vs 1266.506 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.336 vs 4.91 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 vs 70.779 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 vs 252.607 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 vs 7779 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 vs 7779 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) |
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| Name | NVIDIA Quadro M3000M | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5650 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 418 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 16615 | 34541 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 82.563 | 84.413 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1266.506 | 1390.592 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.91 | 7.336 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 70.779 | 101.929 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 252.607 | 481.76 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7779 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3720 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3360 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7779 | 9448 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3720 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3360 | 3350 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2276 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA Quadro M3000M | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM204 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 18 August 2015 | 22 December 2011 |
| Place in performance rating | 494 | 492 |
| Type | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1050 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,150 gflops | 3,789 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1,024 | 2048 |
| Texture fill rate | 67.2 GTexel / s | 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Transistor count | 5,200 million | 4,313 million |
| Boost clock speed | 925 MHz | |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| Display Port | 1.2 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | large | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | |
| Length | 274 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 160 GB / s | 264 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | 0 |
Technologies |
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| Mosaic | ||
| nView Display Management | ||
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| CrossFire | ||
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