NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and AMD Radeon R9 M295X 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 R9 M295X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 723 MHz
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5650 vs 5150
Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 82.563 vs 65.777
Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1266.506 vs 820.138
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 70.779 vs 68.754
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 2045
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3144
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 2045
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3144

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 23 November 2014
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 723 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5650 vs 5150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	82.563 vs 65.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1266.506 vs 820.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.779 vs 68.754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720 vs 2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 3144
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720 vs 2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 3144

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X

Around 38% higher texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1,024
Around 38% better floating-point performance: 2,961 gflops vs 2,150 gflops
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 832 vs 418
Around 62% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26893 vs 16615
Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.142 vs 4.91
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 386.418 vs 252.607

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 67.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1,024
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops vs 2,150 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	832 vs 418
Geekbench - OpenCL	26893 vs 16615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.142 vs 4.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	386.418 vs 252.607

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M295X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5650

5150

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

832

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

16615

26893

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

82.563

65.777

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1266.506

820.138

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.91

7.142

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

70.779

68.754

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

252.607

386.418

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

2045

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3144

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3720

2045

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

3144

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	AMD Radeon R9 M295X
PassMark - G3D Mark	5650	5150
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	832
Geekbench - OpenCL	16615	26893
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	82.563	65.777
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1266.506	820.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.91	7.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	70.779	68.754
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	252.607	386.418
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7779
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3720	2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	3144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7779
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3720	2045
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	3144

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	AMD Radeon R9 M295X
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 3.0
Code name	GM204	Amethyst
Launch date	18 August 2015	23 November 2014
Place in performance rating	494	491
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	723 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1,024	2048
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	92.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	Not Listed
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Mantle
OpenCL		Not Listed
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	Not Listed
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore