ATI Radeon 9100 vs Quadro M3000 SE
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1574 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 0.03 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Rage 7 (2001−2006) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | R200 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 2 October 2016 (9 years ago) | 1 April 2003 (23 years ago) |
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 | 1024 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 540 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 60 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 28 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 34.56 | 2.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.106 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| TMUs | 64 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 384 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | no data |
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 |
| Width | MXM Module | 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 | GDDR5 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 64 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.4 GB/s | 8 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 8.1 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 1.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 October 2016 | 1 April 2003 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 64 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 150 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 28 Watt |
M3000 SE has an age advantage of 13 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 436% more advanced lithography process.
ATI 9100, on the other hand, has 168% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M3000 SE and Radeon 9100. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M3000 SE is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 9100 is a desktop one.
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