Quadro M3000 SE vs ATI FireGL V5200

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameRV530GM204
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 October 2005 (19 years ago)2 October 2016 (8 years ago)

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 coresno data1024
Core clock speed600 MHz540 MHz
Number of transistors157 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate2.40034.56
Floating-point processing powerno data1.106 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs464

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount128 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 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 Connectors2x DVINo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-5.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2005 2 October 2016
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 75 Watt

ATI FireGL V5200 has 114.3% lower power consumption.

M3000 SE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FireGL V5200 and Quadro M3000 SE. We've got no test results to judge.


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