FirePro D300 vs GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 505 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 4.75 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GA104 | Pitcairn |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 12 January 2021 (4 years ago) | 18 January 2014 (11 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 cores | 5120 | 1280 |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1290 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 17,400 million | 2,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 206.4 | 68.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.21 TFLOPS | 2.176 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 80 | 32 |
| TMUs | 160 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 40 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 5 MB | 320 KB |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 512 KB |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 242 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1270 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 162.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 January 2021 | 18 January 2014 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 150 Watt |
RTX 3070 Max-Q has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 87.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q and FirePro D300. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is a notebook graphics card while FirePro D300 is a workstation one.
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