NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 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

ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 75% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 600 MHz
7x more texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1,024 vs 320
5.6x better floating-point performance: 2,150 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 200 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1600 MHz
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5526 vs 628
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 402 vs 397

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 12 December 2007
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 9.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1,024 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops vs 384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 200 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5526 vs 628
PassMark - G2D Mark	402 vs 397

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5526

628

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

397

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	5526	628
PassMark - G2D Mark	402	397
Geekbench - OpenCL	16049
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	ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GM204	R600
Launch date	18 August 2015	12 December 2007
Place in performance rating	495	379
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1,024	320
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	9.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	118.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR4
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus