ATI FireGL V3100 vs Quadro M3000 SE

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Rage 9 (2003−2006)
GPU code nameGM204RV370
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date2 October 2016 (8 years ago)1 September 2004 (20 years ago)

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 cores1024no data
Core clock speed540 MHz391 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million107 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate34.561.564
Floating-point processing power1.106 TFLOPSno data
ROPs324
TMUs644

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 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
WidthMXM Module1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount4 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz196 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.4 GB/s3.136 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.62.0
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2016 1 September 2004
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 110 nm

M3000 SE has an age advantage of 12 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 292.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M3000 SE and FireGL V3100. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA Quadro M3000 SE
Quadro M3000 SE
ATI FireGL V3100
FireGL V3100

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


5 2 votes

Rate Quadro M3000 SE on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

No user ratings yet.

Rate FireGL V3100 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.