XGI Volari V3 XT vs Quadro K3000M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking673not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.51no data
Power efficiency3.92no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)XG4 (2003−2005)
GPU code nameGK104XG42
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date1 June 2012 (12 years ago)15 September 2003 (21 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$155 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores576no data
Core clock speed654 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million25 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Wattno data
Texture fill rate31.391.000
Floating-point processing power0.7534 TFLOPSno data
ROPs322
TMUs484

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)AGP 8x
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz207 MHz
Memory bandwidth89.6 GB/s6.624 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)8.1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2012 15 September 2003
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

K3000M has an age advantage of 8 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro K3000M and XGI Volari V3 XT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro K3000M is a mobile workstation card while XGI Volari V3 XT is a desktop one.


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