FirePro M3100 vs GeForce GTX 460 SE

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	689	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.06	no data
Power efficiency	2.44	no data
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GF104	Mars
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	15 November 2010 (15 years ago)	no data
Launch price (MSRP)	$160	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores	288	384
Core clock speed	650 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	700 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	950 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	104 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	31.20	16.80
Floating-point processing power	0.7488 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	48	24
L1 Cache	384 KB	no data
L2 Cache	512 KB	no 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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	210 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	-

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 type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1700 MHz	2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	108.8 GB/s	32 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Number of display connectors	2	no data
Display Connectors	2 x Dual-Link DVI-I1 x Mini HDMI	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5 (5.1)
OpenGL	4.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1 (1.2)
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.170
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

40 nm

28 nm