NVIDIA started Quadro M3000M sales 18 August 2015. This is a Maxwell 2.0 architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.25 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 160 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 75 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro M3000M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	357
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	13.46	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GM204
Market segment	Mobile workstation
Release date	18 August 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Quadro M3000M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro M3000M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1,024	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	of 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	5,200 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	67.20	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	2.15 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	32	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	64	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro M3000M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro M3000M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1253 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro M3000M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	No outputs
Display Port	1.2

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro M3000M. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+
3D Vision Pro	+
Mosaic	+
nView Display Management	+
Optimus	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro M3000M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	+
CUDA	5.2

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro M3000M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

M3000M 14.52

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

M3000M 5603

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

M3000M 8289

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

M3000M 27405

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

M3000M 6537

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

M3000M 44603

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.

M3000M 16569

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

M3000M 16742

GeekBench 5 CUDA

M3000M 15678

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

M3000M 80

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.

M3000M 45

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

M3000M 50

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

M3000M 85

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

M3000M 52

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

M3000M 77

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

M3000M 65

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

M3000M 22

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

M3000M 40

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

M3000M 5

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

M3000M 40

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

M3000M 50

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

M3000M 77

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

M3000M 85

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

M3000M 52

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

M3000M 65

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

M3000M 22

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

M3000M 4.8

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro M3000M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	62
4K	28

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24
Battlefield 5	45−50
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24
Far Cry 5	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	90−95
Hitman 3	27−30
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75
Metro Exodus	45−50
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24
Battlefield 5	45−50
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24
Far Cry 5	30−35
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40
Forza Horizon 4	90−95
Hitman 3	27−30
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75
Metro Exodus	45−50
Red Dead Redemption 2	35−40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	90
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21−24
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24
Far Cry 5	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	90−95
Hitman 3	27−30
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	45−50
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	22
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8
Far Cry 5	16−18
Forza Horizon 4	70−75
Hitman 3	16−18
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30
Metro Exodus	24−27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

21−24

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12
Hitman 3	10−11
Horizon Zero Dawn	70−75
Metro Exodus	14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7−8
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3
Far Cry 5	8−9
Forza Horizon 4	18−20
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

Closest competitors

Quadro M3000M's performance relative to its closest rivals among mobile workstation graphics cards.

Quadro M4000M 109.78

Radeon Pro 5300M 106.27

Arc Pro A30M 104.61

Quadro M3000M 100

Radeon Pro Vega 20 94.56

Quadro P2000 Max-Q 94.08

T550 Mobile 86.09

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro M3000M is Radeon Pro Vega 20, which is slower by 5% and lower by 19 positions in our ranking.