Quadro K3100M vs K4200

Place in performance ranking	386	555
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	4.36	0.52
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GK104	N15E-Q1-A2
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	22 July 2014 (9 years ago)	23 July 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$854.99	$1,999
Current price	$311 (0.4x MSRP)	$683 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro K4200 has 738% better value for money than K3100M.

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	1344	768
Core clock speed	771 MHz	706 MHz
Boost clock speed	784 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	3,540 million	3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	108 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	87.81	45.18
Floating-point performance	2,107 gflops	1,084 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Quadro K4200 and Quadro K3100M 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	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	172.8 GB/s	102.4 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
Display Port	no data	1.2

Supported GPU 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 (11_0)	12
Shader Model	5.1	5
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	+
CUDA	3.0	+

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 K4200 11.17
+90.3%

K3100M 5.87

K4200 outperforms K3100M by 90% 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 K4200 4326
+90.5%

K3100M 2271

K4200 outperforms K3100M by 90% 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 K4200 11864
+87.9%

K3100M 6314

K4200 outperforms K3100M by 88% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro K4200 12288
+263%

K3100M 3389

K4200 outperforms K3100M by 263% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K4200 8946
+117%

K3100M 4121

K4200 outperforms K3100M by 117% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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 K4200 40
+111%

K3100M 19

K4200 outperforms K3100M by 111% in Octane Render OctaneBench.