Quadro P3000 Max-Q vs Quadro M3000M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking359not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.37no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM204N17E-Q1 Max-Q
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date18 August 2015 (9 years ago)1 September 2017 (7 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 cores1,0241280
Core clock speed1050 MHz1075 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1240 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate67.20no data
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs64no data

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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/sno data
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 data
Display Port1.2no 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.

DirectX1212_1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan+-
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 August 2015 1 September 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 60 Watt

P3000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

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