Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
GRID M3-3020 vs Quadro M2000
Combined performance score
Quadro M2000 outperforms GRID M3-3020 by 35% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in performance ranking | 403 | 489 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 4.05 | no data |
Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019) | Maxwell (2014−2018) |
GPU code name | GM206 | GM107 |
Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
Release date | 8 April 2016 (7 years old) | 18 May 2016 (7 years old) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $437.75 | no data |
Current price | $285 (0.7x MSRP) | no data |
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 | 768 | 640 |
Core clock speed | 796 MHz | 1033 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1163 MHz | 1306 MHz |
Number of transistors | 2,940 million | 1,870 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | no data |
Texture fill rate | 55.82 | 52.24 |
Floating-point performance | 1,812 gflops | 1,672 gflops |
Size and 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).
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
Length | 201 mm | 267 mm |
Width | 1" (2.5 cm) | 2-slot |
Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
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 | 128 Bit | GDDR5 |
Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 6612 MHz | 5200 MHz |
Memory bandwidth | Up to 106 GB/s | 83.2 GB/s |
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 | DP DP DP DP | No outputs |
Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
Mosaic | + | no data |
nView Desktop Management | + | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 | 12 (11_0) |
Shader Model | 5 | 5.1 |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Vulkan | + | 1.1.126 |
CUDA | 5.2 | 5.0 |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 10.30 | 7.62 |
Recency | 8 April 2016 | 18 May 2016 |
The Quadro M2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID M3-3020 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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