Radeon HD 8970 OEM vs Quadro K3100M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking594not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.26no data
Power efficiency5.38no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGK104Tahiti
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date23 July 2013 (11 years ago)8 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 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 cores7682048
Core clock speed706 MHz925 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate45.18118.4
Floating-point processing power1.084 TFLOPS3.789 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs64128

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data274 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

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 amount4 GB3 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s264.0 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMI-+
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 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 July 2013 8 January 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 250 Watt

K3100M has an age advantage of 6 months, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K3100M and Radeon HD 8970 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K3100M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon HD 8970 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro K3100M
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