NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs ATI Radeon X850 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and ATI Radeon X850 XT 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 X850 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 520 MHz
8.1x more texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1080 MHz
68.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5526 vs 81
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 402 vs 326

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 8.32 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5526 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark	402 vs 326

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X850 XT

Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 69 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	69 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X850 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5526

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

402

326

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	ATI Radeon X850 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark	5526	81
PassMark - G2D Mark	402	326
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 X850 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	R400
Code name	GM204	R480
Launch date	18 August 2015	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	495	494
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	520 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	1,024
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	8.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	69 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	160 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 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	34.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus