GeForce3 vs Quadro M2000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	439	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.45	no data
Power efficiency	9.54	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Kelvin (2001−2003)
GPU code name	GM206	NV20 A5
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	8 April 2016 (8 years ago)	27 February 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$437.75	$499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	768	no data
Core clock speed	796 MHz	200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1163 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,940 million	57 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	55.82	1.600
Floating-point processing power	1.786 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	48	8

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	201 mm	165 mm
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	128 Bit	SDR
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1653 MHz	230 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 106 GB/s	3.68 GB/s

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	4x DisplayPort	1x VGA, 1x DB13W3
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data

Supported 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 compatibility

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

DirectX	12	8.0
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.2	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	8 April 2016	27 February 2001
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	150 nm

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