Quadro FX 3000 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking136not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation41.11no data
Power efficiency16.50no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Rankine (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGP104NV35
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)22 July 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 $203

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores2560no data
Core clock speed1607 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed1771 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million135 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.43.200
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPSno data
ROPs644
TMUs1608

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16AGP 8x
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x Molex
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB256 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s425 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s27.2 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0a
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.51.5 (2.1)
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 22 July 2003
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 130 nm

GTX 1080 Mobile has an age advantage of 13 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and Quadro FX 3000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is a notebook card while Quadro FX 3000 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
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