FirePro M3100 vs Quadro FX 560

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1334not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.66no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameG73Mars
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date20 April 2006 (18 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 coresno data384
Core clock speed350 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speedno data700 MHz
Number of transistors177 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Wattno data
Texture fill rate4.20016.80
ROPs88
TMUs1224

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 x8
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth19.2 GB/s32 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 DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (11_1)
Shader Model3.06.5 (5.1)
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.1 (1.2)
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 28 nm

FirePro M3100 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 560 and FirePro M3100. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 560 is a workstation card while FirePro M3100 is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 560
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