NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A 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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 980 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 1,024 vs 384
2.9x better floating-point performance: 2,150 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5597 vs 668
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 403 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 26 August 2013
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 980 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1,024 vs 384
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops vs 752.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5597 vs 668
PassMark - G2D Mark	403 vs 300

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5597

668

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

403

300

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
PassMark - G3D Mark	5597	668
PassMark - G2D Mark	403	300
Geekbench - OpenCL	16540
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	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	GM204	GK208
Launch date	18 August 2015	26 August 2013
Place in performance rating	506	508
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops	752.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1,024	384
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	15.68 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus