FirePro W4000 vs Quadro M3000M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	341	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.30	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	GM204	Pitcairn
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	7 August 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price	$981	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1,024	768
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	825 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	67.20	39.60
Floating-point performance	2,150 gflops	1,267 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M3000M and FirePro W4000 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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	183 mm
Width	no data	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 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	No outputs	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported 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	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	5.2	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 October 2015	7 August 2012
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB

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