GeForce GTX 480 512 vs Quadro M3000 SE

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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)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGM204GF100
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date2 October 2016 (8 years ago)no data

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 cores1024512
Core clock speed540 MHz527 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt375 Watt
Texture fill rate34.5633.73
Floating-point processing power1.106 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3248
TMUs6464

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 2.0 x16
Lengthno data292 mm
WidthMXM Module2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz2.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth160.4 GB/s134.4 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 outputs2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.22.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1536 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 375 Watt

M3000 SE has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M3000 SE and GeForce GTX 480 Core 512. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M3000 SE is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro M3000 SE
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