FirePro W4100 vs Quadro M3000M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M3000M with FirePro W4100, including specs and performance data.

M3000M
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
14.63
+272%

M3000M outperforms W4100 by a whopping 272% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking359699
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.375.39
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM204Cape Verde
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date18 August 2015 (9 years ago)13 August 2014 (10 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 cores1,024512
Core clock speed1050 MHz630 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate67.2020.16
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPS0.6451 TFLOPS
ROPs3216
TMUs6432

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
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data171 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Form factorno datalow profile / half length
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s72 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 outputs4x mini-DisplayPort
Display Port1.2no data
Dual-link DVI support-+

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration-+
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 Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA5.2-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

M3000M 14.63
+272%
FirePro W4100 3.93

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

M3000M 5636
+272%
FirePro W4100 1515

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

M3000M 6537
+293%
FirePro W4100 1665

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

M3000M 44603
+252%
FirePro W4100 12657

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

M3000M 16588
+203%
FirePro W4100 5483

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

M3000M 16742
+157%
FirePro W4100 6520

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

M3000M 80
+298%
FirePro W4100 20

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD61
+281%
16
−281%
4K27
+800%
3
−800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+200%
10−12
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+411%
9−10
−411%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+222%
9−10
−222%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+255%
10−12
−255%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+304%
21−24
−304%
Hitman 3 27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+170%
27−30
−170%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+586%
7−8
−586%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+290%
10−11
−290%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+213%
14−16
−213%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+76.7%
40−45
−76.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+200%
10−12
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Battlefield 5 45−50
+411%
9−10
−411%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+222%
9−10
−222%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+255%
10−12
−255%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+304%
21−24
−304%
Hitman 3 27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+170%
27−30
−170%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+586%
7−8
−586%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+290%
10−11
−290%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+213%
14−16
−213%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
+463%
16−18
−463%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+76.7%
40−45
−76.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+200%
10−12
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+222%
9−10
−222%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+214%
7−8
−214%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+313%
8−9
−313%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+304%
21−24
−304%
Hitman 3 27−30
+200%
9−10
−200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+170%
27−30
−170%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+213%
14−16
−213%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+37.5%
16−18
−37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+76.7%
40−45
−76.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+290%
10−11
−290%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
+300%
7−8
−300%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
+267%
6−7
−267%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+325%
4−5
−325%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+1750%
4−5
−1750%
Hitman 3 16−18
+113%
8−9
−113%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
+222%
9−10
−222%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+317%
6−7
−317%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
+317%
6−7
−317%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
+267%
24−27
−267%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+188%
8−9
−188%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%
Hitman 3 10−11 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+294%
18−20
−294%
Metro Exodus 14−16 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+367%
3−4
−367%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+167%
3−4
−167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
+850%
2−3
−850%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+160%
5−6
−160%

This is how M3000M and FirePro W4100 compete in popular games:

  • M3000M is 281% faster in 1080p
  • M3000M is 800% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the M3000M is 1750% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, M3000M surpassed FirePro W4100 in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.63 3.93
Recency 18 August 2015 13 August 2014
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

M3000M has a 272.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

FirePro W4100, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M3000M is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W4100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M3000M is a mobile workstation card while FirePro W4100 is a 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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