RTX A500 Mobile vs Quadro K3100M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	556	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.53	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	N15E-Q1-A2	GA107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	23 July 2013 (10 years ago)	30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	no data
Current price	$683 (0.3x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	768	2048
Core clock speed	706 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1537 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt (20 - 60 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	45.18	98.37
Floating-point performance	1,084 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K3100M and RTX A500 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	96 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	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	+	no data
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	23 July 2013	30 March 2022
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	60 Watt

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