NVIDIA Quadro M3000M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 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 Quadro FX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 360 MHz
23.3x more texture fill rate: 67.2 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
6.3x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 800 MHz
88.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5637 vs 64
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 417 vs 325

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5637 vs 64
PassMark - G2D Mark	417 vs 325

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5637

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

325

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M3000M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
PassMark - G3D Mark	5637	64
PassMark - G2D Mark	417	325
Geekbench - OpenCL	16588
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 Quadro FX 550
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM204	NV43 A2
Launch date	18 August 2015	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	504	501
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	360 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1,024
Texture fill rate	67.2 GTexel / s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	146 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	None
Length		198 mm
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus