Quadro K3000M vs GeForce GTX 560

Place in performance ranking	514	637
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.64	0.83
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF114	N14E-Q1
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	17 May 2011 (13 years ago)	1 June 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	$155
Current price	$76 (0.4x MSRP)	$223 (1.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 560 has 98% better value for money than K3000M.

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	336	576
Core clock speed	810 MHz	654 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	99 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	45.36	31.39
Floating-point performance	1,088.6 gflops	753.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 560 and Quadro K3000M 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	8.25" (21 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Two 6-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	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	2800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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
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.

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	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 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.1	4.6
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 560 7.08
+65.8%

K3000M 4.27

GeForce GTX 560 outperforms Quadro K3000M by 66% based on our aggregated 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 560 2738
+65.7%

K3000M 1652

GeForce GTX 560 outperforms Quadro K3000M by 66% in Passmark.

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 560 9022
+111%

K3000M 4278

GeForce GTX 560 outperforms Quadro K3000M by 111% 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 560 31
+121%

K3000M 14

GeForce GTX 560 outperforms Quadro K3000M by 121% 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:

900p	50−55 +51.5%	33 −51.5%
Full HD	60−65 +62.2%	37 −62.2%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.08	4.27
Recency	17 May 2011	1 June 2012
Cost	$199	$155
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt