NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs AMD Radeon R9 280

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon R9 280 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 M3000M

AMD Radeon R9 280

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 3 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 82.563 vs 67.829
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 3698
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3337
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 3698
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3337

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 4 March 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 3 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	82.563 vs 67.829
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3337

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 280

Around 56% higher texture fill rate: 104.5 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1,024
Around 56% better floating-point performance: 3,344 gflops vs 2,150 gflops
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 665 vs 400
Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.495 vs 4.91
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 79.909 vs 70.779
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 365.384 vs 252.607
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7957 vs 7779
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7957 vs 7779

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	104.5 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1792 vs 1,024
Floating-point performance	3,344 gflops vs 2,150 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5562 vs 5537
PassMark - G2D Mark	665 vs 400
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1266.685 vs 1266.506
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.495 vs 4.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	79.909 vs 70.779
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	365.384 vs 252.607
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7957 vs 7779
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7957 vs 7779

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 280

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5537

5562

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

400

665

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

82.563

67.829

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1266.506

1266.685

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.91

6.495

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

70.779

79.909

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

252.607

365.384

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7779

7957

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3337

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7779

7957

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

3698

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3337

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	AMD Radeon R9 280
PassMark - G3D Mark	5537	5562
PassMark - G2D Mark	400	665
Geekbench - OpenCL	16049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	82.563	67.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1266.506	1266.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.91	6.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.779	79.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	252.607	365.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7779	7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7779	7957
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720	3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2009

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	AMD Radeon R9 280
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Tahiti
Launch date	18 August 2015	4 March 2014
Place in performance rating	495	423
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops	3,344 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1,024	1792
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	104.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	4,313 million
Boost clock speed		933 MHz
Stream Processors		1792
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Display Port	1.2
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	240 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)