NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and ATI Radeon X1800 GTO² 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 X1800 GTO²

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 500 MHz
11.2x more texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
5.1x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 990 MHz
39.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5537 vs 141

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 1 March 2006
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 990 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5537 vs 141

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 415 vs 400

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	415 vs 400

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5537

141

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

400

415

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	ATI Radeon X1800 GTO²
PassMark - G3D Mark	5537	141
PassMark - G2D Mark	400	415
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 X1800 GTO²
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R500
Code name	GM204	R520
Launch date	18 August 2015	1 March 2006
Place in performance rating	495	377
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1,024
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	321 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
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	31.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	990 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus