ATI FireGL X3-256 vs Quadro M1000M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	529	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.75	no data
Power efficiency	12.79	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name	GM107	R420
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	18 August 2015 (9 years ago)	3 August 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$200.89	$1,099

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	512	no data
Core clock speed	993 MHz	491 MHz
Boost clock speed	1072 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,870 million	160 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	57 Watt
Texture fill rate	31.78	5.892
Floating-point processing power	1.017 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	12
TMUs	32	12

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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	AGP 8x
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB/4 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	454 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	29.06 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 Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Port	1.2	no 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.

DirectX	12	9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	5.0	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 August 2015	3 August 2004
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB/4 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	57 Watt

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