Quadro K3100M vs GeForce GTX 480

Place in performance ranking	398	561
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.27	0.56
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF100	N15E-Q1-A2
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	7 December 2010 (13 years ago)	23 July 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$499	$1,999
Current price	$15.99 (0x MSRP)	$683 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 480 has 127% better value for money than K3100M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	480	768
CUDA cores	480	no data
Core clock speed	700 MHz	706 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	42 billion/sec	45.18
Floating-point performance	1,345.0 gflops	1,084 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 480 and Quadro K3100M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	6-pin & 8-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1848 MHz (3696 data rate)	3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	177.4 GB/s	102.4 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 Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Display Port	no data	1.2
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	no data	+
3D Vision Pro	no data	+
Mosaic	no data	+
nView Display Management	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12
Shader Model	5.1	5
OpenGL	4.2	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	+	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

GTX 480 10.63
+81.1%

K3100M 5.87

GeForce GTX 480 outperforms Quadro K3100M by 81% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 480 4106
+81.3%

K3100M 2265

GeForce GTX 480 outperforms Quadro K3100M by 81% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 480 5014
+40%

K3100M 3581

GeForce GTX 480 outperforms Quadro K3100M by 40% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 480 3650
+30.5%

K3100M 2797

GeForce GTX 480 outperforms Quadro K3100M by 30% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 480 13168
+108%

K3100M 6320

GeForce GTX 480 outperforms Quadro K3100M by 108% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 480 54
+184%

K3100M 19

GeForce GTX 480 outperforms Quadro K3100M by 184% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

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 HD	65−70 +71.1%	38 −71.1%
4K	27−30 +80%	15 −80%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

16−18

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18	no data
Battlefield 5	30−35	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18	no data
Far Cry 5	24−27	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33	no data
Forza Horizon 4	50−55	no data
Hitman 3	20−22	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Metro Exodus	30−35	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18	no data
Battlefield 5	30−35	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18	no data
Far Cry 5	24−27	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	30−33	no data
Forza Horizon 4	50−55	no data
Hitman 3	20−22	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Metro Exodus	30−35	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18	no data
Far Cry 5	24−27	no data
Forza Horizon 4	50−55	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−33

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6	no data
Far Cry 5	16−18	no data
Forza Horizon 4	20−22	no data
Hitman 3	14−16	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	16−18	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9	no data
Hitman 3	7−8	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9	no data

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	no data
Far Cry 5	6−7	no data
Forza Horizon 4	12−14	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12	no data
Metro Exodus	10−12	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5	no data

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

no data

This is how GTX 480 and K3100M compete in popular games:

GTX 480 is 71% faster in 1080p
GTX 480 is 80% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.63	5.87
Recency	7 December 2010	23 July 2013
Cost	$499	$1999
Maximum RAM amount	1536 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	295 Watt	75 Watt