Quadro K2100M vs Quadro 3000M

Place in the ranking	821	725
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.24	0.63
Power efficiency	2.36	4.40
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GF104	GK106
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	22 February 2011 (13 years ago)	23 July 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$398.96	$84.95

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

K2100M has 163% better value for money than Quadro 3000M.

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	240	576
Core clock speed	450 MHz	667 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	18.00	32.02
Floating-point processing power	0.432 TFLOPS	0.7684 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	40	48

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	medium sized
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-A (3.0)

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	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	625 MHz	752 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	48.0 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	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	no data	1.2

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.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	+
CUDA	2.1	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

Quadro 3000M 2.58

K2100M 3.53
+36.8%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro 3000M 995

K2100M 1360
+36.7%

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.

Quadro 3000M 1539

K2100M 2394
+55.5%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Quadro 3000M 7941

K2100M 10648
+34.1%

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.

Quadro 3000M 3764

K2100M 4541
+20.6%

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.

Quadro 3000M 13
+18.2%

K2100M 11

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

51
+122%

−122%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

7.82

3.69

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

−20%

6−7
+20%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	2−3
Battlefield 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −53.8%	20−22 +53.8%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −25%	24−27 +25%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −7.9%	40−45 +7.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	2−3
Battlefield 5	3−4 −133%	7−8 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −53.8%	20−22 +53.8%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −25%	24−27 +25%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −50%	9−10 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −92.3%	25 +92.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −7.9%	40−45 +7.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −20%	6−7 +20%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −53.8%	20−22 +53.8%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −25%	24−27 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −15.4%	14−16 +15.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −7.9%	40−45 +7.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−50%

9−10
+50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Hitman 3	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 −46.7%	21−24 +46.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

−16.7%

7−8
+16.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

+0%

4−5

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how Quadro 3000M and K2100M compete in popular games:

Quadro 3000M is 122% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the K2100M is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

K2100M is ahead in 52 tests (88%)
there's a draw in 7 tests (12%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.58	3.53
Recency	22 February 2011	23 July 2013
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	55 Watt

K2100M has a 36.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 36.4% lower power consumption.

The Quadro K2100M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 3000M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.