Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q 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 rated151
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data29.58
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM204TU104
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date2 October 2016 (8 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 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 cores10243072
Core clock speed540 MHz600 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1350 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate34.56259.2
Floating-point processing power1.106 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs64192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
WidthMXM Moduleno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.4 GB/s448.0 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 outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.27.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2016 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 80 Watt

M3000 SE has 6.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 5000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M3000 SE and Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M3000 SE is a workstation card while Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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

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