NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1038 MHz
  • Around 30% higher texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
  • Around 30% better floating-point performance: 2,150 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
  • Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1266.506 vs 1146.534
  • 3.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 70.779 vs 18.431
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 3695
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3342
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 3695
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3342
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 August 2015 vs 7 October 2014
Core clock speed 1050 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Texture fill rate 67.2 GTexel / s vs 51.84 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,150 gflops vs 1,659 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1266.506 vs 1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 70.779 vs 18.431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1,024
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7351 vs 5568
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 491 vs 409
  • Around 43% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 23826 vs 16648
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 92.634 vs 82.563
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.776 vs 4.91
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 308.42 vs 252.607
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 10572 vs 7779
  • Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 10572 vs 7779
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1536 vs 1,024
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 7351 vs 5568
PassMark - G2D Mark 491 vs 409
Geekbench - OpenCL 23826 vs 16648
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 92.634 vs 82.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.776 vs 4.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 308.42 vs 252.607
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10572 vs 7779
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10572 vs 7779

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5568
7351
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
409
491
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
16648
23826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
82.563
92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1266.506
1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.91
6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
70.779
18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
252.607
308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7779
10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7779
10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3342
Name NVIDIA Quadro M3000M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
PassMark - G3D Mark 5568 7351
PassMark - G2D Mark 409 491
Geekbench - OpenCL 16648 23826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 82.563 92.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1266.506 1146.534
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.91 6.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 70.779 18.431
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 252.607 308.42
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7779 10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7779 10572
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 649

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M3000M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name GM204 GM204
Launch date 18 August 2015 7 October 2014
Place in performance rating 498 462
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1050 MHz 1038 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,150 gflops 1,659 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1,024 1536
Texture fill rate 67.2 GTexel / s 51.84 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,200 million
Boost clock speed 1127 MHz
CUDA cores 1536

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Display Port 1.2
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large large
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options 1

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Shader Model 5.0
Vulkan
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
SLI