NVIDIA Quadro P3000 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P3000 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P3000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1088 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1178 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 148 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • 1001.1x more memory clock speed: 7008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 3698
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3340
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 3698
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3340
  • 9.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3489 vs 376
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 January 2017 vs 19 September 2014
Core clock speed 1088 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed 1215 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 148 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3489 vs 376

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

  • Around 30% higher pipelines: 1664 vs 1280
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9636 vs 6449
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 415
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28518 vs 25811
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 9579
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 9579
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1664 vs 1280
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9636 vs 6449
PassMark - G2D Mark 766 vs 415
Geekbench - OpenCL 28518 vs 25811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11499 vs 9579
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11499 vs 9579

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P3000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6449
9636
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
415
766
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
25811
28518
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9579
11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
9579
11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3360
3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3489
376
Name NVIDIA Quadro P3000 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark 6449 9636
PassMark - G2D Mark 415 766
Geekbench - OpenCL 25811 28518
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9579 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9579 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3489 376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 489.884

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro P3000 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Maxwell 2.0
Code name N17E-Q1 GM204
Launch date 11 January 2017 19 September 2014
Place in performance rating 379 376
Type Workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Price now $407.76
Value for money (0-100) 28.59

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1215 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 1088 MHz 1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1280 1664
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 148 Watt
CUDA cores 1664
Floating-point performance 3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C
Texture fill rate 109 billion / sec
Transistor count 5,200 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Port 1.4
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Shader Model 5.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 168 GB / s 224 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Stereo
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView
nView Display Management
Optimus
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
SLI options 4x
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pins