Quadro 3000M vs 4000

Place in performance ranking	668	784
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.50	0.14
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GF100	Fermi
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	2 November 2010 (13 years ago)	22 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	$398.96
Current price	$295 (0.2x MSRP)	$447 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro 4000 has 257% better value for money than Quadro 3000M.

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	256	240
Core clock speed	475 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	142 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.20	18.00
Floating-point performance	486.4 gflops	432.0 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro 4000 and Quadro 3000M 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
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	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	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2808 MHz	625 MHz
Memory bandwidth	89.86 GB/s	80 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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

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	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.0	2.1

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.

Quadro 4000 3.82
+46.9%

Quadro 3000M 2.60

4000 outperforms 3000M by 47% 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%

Quadro 4000 1478
+46.9%

Quadro 3000M 1006

4000 outperforms 3000M by 47% 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%

Quadro 4000 4970
+33.6%

Quadro 3000M 3721

4000 outperforms 3000M by 34% 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%

Quadro 4000 21
+61.5%

Quadro 3000M 13

4000 outperforms 3000M by 62% in Octane Render OctaneBench.