Quadro M3000 SE vs ATI FireGL V3600

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

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ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameRV630GM204
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date28 June 2007 (17 years ago)2 October 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1201024
Core clock speed600 MHz540 MHz
Number of transistors390 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)73 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate4.80034.56
Floating-point processing power0.144 TFLOPS1.106 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs864

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width1-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s160.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX10.0 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2007 2 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 73 Watt 75 Watt

ATI FireGL V3600 has 2.7% lower power consumption.

M3000 SE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V3600 and Quadro M3000 SE. We've got no test results to judge.


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