Mobility FireGL V3100 vs Quadro K4100M

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	514	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.62	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Rage 9 (2003−2008)
GPU code name	N15E-Q3-A2	M22GL
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	23 July 2013 (10 years ago)	1 June 2004 (19 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,499	no data
Current price	$323 (0.2x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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	1152	6
Core clock speed	706 MHz	2 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	350 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	107 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	67.78	1.400
Floating-point performance	1,627 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro K4100M and Mobility FireGL V3100 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	medium sized
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

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	DDR/DDR2
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	3200 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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

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 support

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

DirectX	12	9.0b
Shader Model	5	no data
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	23 July 2013	1 June 2004
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	110 nm

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