Quadro K3100M vs GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1660 Ti with Quadro K3100M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1660 Ti
2019
6 GB GDDR6, 120 Watt
33.49
+471%

GTX 1660 Ti outperforms K3100M by a whopping 471% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking160594
Place by popularity30not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation44.240.25
Power efficiency19.135.37
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameTU116GK104
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date22 February 2019 (5 years ago)23 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 $1,999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1660 Ti has 17596% better value for money than K3100M.

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 cores1536768
Core clock speed1500 MHz706 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors6,600 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate169.945.18
Floating-point processing power5.437 TFLOPS1.084 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs9664

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
Display Portno data1.2

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+
3D Vision Prono data+
Mosaicno data+
nView Display Managementno data+
Optimusno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.131+
CUDA7.5+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1660 Ti 33.49
+471%
K3100M 5.87

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1660 Ti 12906
+470%
K3100M 2263

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GTX 1660 Ti 22892
+539%
K3100M 3581

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GTX 1660 Ti 61217
+305%
K3100M 15120

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GTX 1660 Ti 16024
+473%
K3100M 2797

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTX 1660 Ti 93095
+406%
K3100M 18389

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 1660 Ti 60773
+907%
K3100M 6033

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 1660 Ti 58262
+1619%
K3100M 3389

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 1660 Ti 65308
+1485%
K3100M 4121

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

GTX 1660 Ti 90
+226%
K3100M 28

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

GTX 1660 Ti 52
K3100M 60
+16.6%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

GTX 1660 Ti 8
K3100M 31
+297%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

GTX 1660 Ti 51
+58%
K3100M 32

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

GTX 1660 Ti 40
+36.4%
K3100M 29

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

GTX 1660 Ti 27
+138%
K3100M 11

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

GTX 1660 Ti 7
+232%
K3100M 2

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

GTX 1660 Ti 123
+348%
K3100M 28

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD103
+203%
34
−203%
1440p59
+490%
10−12
−490%
4K37
+147%
15
−147%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.7158.79
1440p4.73199.90
4K7.54133.27

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 78
+680%
10−11
−680%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 86
+473%
14−16
−473%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+957%
7−8
−957%
Battlefield 5 130
+713%
16−18
−713%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95
+692%
12−14
−692%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
+610%
10−11
−610%
Far Cry 5 104
+700%
12−14
−700%
Far Cry New Dawn 112
+600%
16−18
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 231
+508%
35−40
−508%
Hitman 3 70−75
+483%
12−14
−483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+303%
35−40
−303%
Metro Exodus 134
+793%
14−16
−793%
Red Dead Redemption 2 119
+644%
16−18
−644%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 171
+755%
20−22
−755%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+145%
45−50
−145%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 122
+713%
14−16
−713%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55
+686%
7−8
−686%
Battlefield 5 121
+656%
16−18
−656%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 85
+608%
12−14
−608%
Cyberpunk 2077 57
+470%
10−11
−470%
Far Cry 5 82
+531%
12−14
−531%
Far Cry New Dawn 79
+394%
16−18
−394%
Forza Horizon 4 218
+474%
35−40
−474%
Hitman 3 70−75
+483%
12−14
−483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+303%
35−40
−303%
Metro Exodus 114
+660%
14−16
−660%
Red Dead Redemption 2 89
+456%
16−18
−456%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 127
+535%
20−22
−535%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+52.2%
46
−52.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+145%
45−50
−145%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+253%
14−16
−253%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50
+614%
7−8
−614%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70
+483%
12−14
−483%
Cyberpunk 2077 46
+360%
10−11
−360%
Far Cry 5 61
+369%
12−14
−369%
Forza Horizon 4 97
+155%
35−40
−155%
Hitman 3 70−75
+483%
12−14
−483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 102
+183%
35−40
−183%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110
+450%
20−22
−450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 62
+786%
7
−786%
Watch Dogs: Legion 120−130
+145%
45−50
−145%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 97
+506%
16−18
−506%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75
+582%
10−12
−582%
Far Cry New Dawn 54
+500%
9−10
−500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 41
+720%
5−6
−720%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 36
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 52
+940%
5−6
−940%
Cyberpunk 2077 27
+800%
3−4
−800%
Far Cry 5 41
+486%
7−8
−486%
Forza Horizon 4 202
+1088%
16−18
−1088%
Hitman 3 40−45
+320%
10−11
−320%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75
+477%
12−14
−477%
Metro Exodus 65
+1525%
4−5
−1525%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 78
+7700%
1−2
−7700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
+820%
5−6
−820%
Watch Dogs: Legion 170−180
+370%
35−40
−370%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65
+550%
10−11
−550%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 36
+620%
5−6
−620%
Far Cry New Dawn 29
+625%
4−5
−625%
Hitman 3 27−30
+1250%
2−3
−1250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+1154%
12−14
−1154%
Metro Exodus 46
+1433%
3−4
−1433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43
+760%
5
−760%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 25
+525%
4−5
−525%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 19
+850%
2−3
−850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 25
+1150%
2−3
−1150%
Cyberpunk 2077 11 0−1
Far Cry 5 20
+567%
3−4
−567%
Forza Horizon 4 51
+750%
6−7
−750%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 43
+514%
7−8
−514%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+633%
6−7
−633%

This is how GTX 1660 Ti and K3100M compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 Ti is 203% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 Ti is 490% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1660 Ti is 147% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 Ti is 7700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 1660 Ti surpassed K3100M in all 70 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.49 5.87
Recency 22 February 2019 23 July 2013
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 1660 Ti has a 470.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

K3100M, on the other hand, has 60% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K3100M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a desktop card while Quadro K3100M is a mobile workstation one.


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