RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs Quadro K3100M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K3100M with RTX 2000 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

K3100M
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
5.87

RTX 2000 Ada Generation outperforms K3100M by a whopping 682% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking59172
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.2581.77
Power efficiency5.4645.75
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGK104AD107
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)12 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 $649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2000 Ada Generation has 32608% 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 cores7682816
Core clock speed706 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2130 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate45.18187.4
Floating-point processing power1.084 TFLOPS12 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs6488
Tensor Coresno data88
Ray Tracing Coresno data22

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
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s256.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.9

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.

K3100M 5.87
RTX 2000 Ada Generation 45.92
+682%

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.

K3100M 2264
RTX 2000 Ada Generation 17715
+682%

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.

K3100M 6071
RTX 2000 Ada Generation 87227
+1337%

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.

K3100M 3389
RTX 2000 Ada Generation 84610
+2397%

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 HD34
−665%
260−270
+665%
4K15
−633%
110−120
+633%

Cost per frame, $

1080p58.792.50
4K133.275.90

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−650%
75−80
+650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−633%
110−120
+633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−650%
120−130
+650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−650%
90−95
+650%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−650%
75−80
+650%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−669%
100−105
+669%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−650%
120−130
+650%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−663%
290−300
+663%
Hitman 3 12−14
−650%
90−95
+650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−678%
280−290
+678%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−633%
110−120
+633%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−650%
120−130
+650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−650%
150−160
+650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−614%
350−400
+614%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−633%
110−120
+633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−650%
120−130
+650%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−650%
90−95
+650%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−650%
75−80
+650%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−669%
100−105
+669%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−650%
120−130
+650%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−663%
290−300
+663%
Hitman 3 12−14
−650%
90−95
+650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−678%
280−290
+678%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−633%
110−120
+633%
Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−650%
120−130
+650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−650%
150−160
+650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 46
−661%
350−400
+661%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−614%
350−400
+614%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−633%
110−120
+633%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−650%
90−95
+650%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−650%
75−80
+650%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−669%
100−105
+669%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−663%
290−300
+663%
Hitman 3 12−14
−650%
90−95
+650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−678%
280−290
+678%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−650%
150−160
+650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7
−614%
50−55
+614%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−614%
350−400
+614%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−650%
120−130
+650%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−673%
85−90
+673%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−678%
70−75
+678%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−614%
50−55
+614%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−665%
130−140
+665%
Hitman 3 10−11
−650%
75−80
+650%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−669%
100−105
+669%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−657%
280−290
+657%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−650%
75−80
+650%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
Hitman 3 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−669%
100−105
+669%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5
−600%
35−40
+600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−650%
45−50
+650%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−650%
45−50
+650%

This is how K3100M and RTX 2000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2000 Ada Generation is 665% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2000 Ada Generation is 633% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.87 45.92
Recency 23 July 2013 12 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 2000 Ada Generation has a 682.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 7.1% lower power consumption.

The RTX 2000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K3100M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K3100M is a mobile workstation card while RTX 2000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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