NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon R7 340 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).

NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 730 MHz
3.6x more texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1,024 vs 384
3.6x better floating-point performance: 2,150 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
5.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5597 vs 1000
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 359

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 730 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1,024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5597 vs 1000
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 359

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 24076 vs 16540

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	24076 vs 16540

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5597

1000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

403

359

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16540

24076

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	5597	1000
PassMark - G2D Mark	403	359
Geekbench - OpenCL	16540	24076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	82.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1266.506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.779
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	252.607
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7779
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7779
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	AMD Radeon R7 340 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Oland
Launch date	18 August 2015	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	506	507
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	730 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops	599.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1,024	384
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	18.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		780 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus