Quadro P3000 Max-Q vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking137not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.35no data
Power efficiency9.82no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM200N17E-Q1 Max-Q
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date2 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 September 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data

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 cores28161280
Core clock speed1000 MHz1075 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHz1240 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate189.4no data
Floating-point processing power6.06 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs176no data

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
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.5 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2no data
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-
Optimus-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 June 2015 1 September 2017
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 60 Watt

P3000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 2 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Quadro P3000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a desktop card while Quadro P3000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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