GeForce GTX 1660 vs Quadro M3000M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M3000M with GeForce GTX 1660, including specs and performance data.

M3000M
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
14.52

GTX 1660 outperforms M3000M by a whopping 108% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking357182
Place by popularitynot in top-10052
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data48.68
Power efficiency13.4617.53
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGM204TU116
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date18 August 2015 (9 years ago)14 March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$219

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores1,0241408
Core clock speed1050 MHz1530 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1785 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million6,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate67.20157.1
Floating-point processing power2.15 TFLOPS5.027 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs6488

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz2001 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s192.1 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA5.27.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. 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
GTX 1660 30.26
+108%

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
GTX 1660 11674
+108%

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
GTX 1660 21064
+154%

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
GTX 1660 71229
+160%

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
GTX 1660 14164
+117%

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
GTX 1660 81755
+83.3%

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
GTX 1660 57905
+249%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

M3000M 16742
GTX 1660 56067
+235%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

M3000M 15678
GTX 1660 60172
+284%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

M3000M 50
GTX 1660 120
+138%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

M3000M 85
+72%
GTX 1660 49

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

M3000M 52
+505%
GTX 1660 9

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

M3000M 77
+29.4%
GTX 1660 60

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

M3000M 65
+60.4%
GTX 1660 40

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

M3000M 22
GTX 1660 27
+23.2%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

M3000M 40
GTX 1660 63
+58.8%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

M3000M 5
GTX 1660 6
+20.8%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD62
−32.3%
82
+32.3%
1440p21−24
−133%
49
+133%
4K28
+3.7%
27
−3.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.67
1440pno data4.47
4Kno data8.11

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−223%
71
+223%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−97%
65−70
+97%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−157%
59
+157%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−115%
95−100
+115%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−152%
73
+152%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−164%
58
+164%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−106%
65−70
+106%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−97.4%
75−80
+97.4%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−77.4%
160−170
+77.4%
Hitman 3 27−30
−156%
69
+156%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−319%
306
+319%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−200%
144
+200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−187%
112
+187%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−123%
100−110
+123%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−199%
227
+199%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−273%
123
+273%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−82.6%
42
+82.6%
Battlefield 5 45−50
−115%
95−100
+115%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−131%
67
+131%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−114%
47
+114%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−106%
65−70
+106%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−97.4%
75−80
+97.4%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−77.4%
160−170
+77.4%
Hitman 3 27−30
−148%
67
+148%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−293%
287
+293%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−135%
113
+135%
Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−103%
79
+103%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−134%
110
+134%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90
+40.6%
60−65
−40.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
−182%
214
+182%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−97%
65−70
+97%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24
−60.9%
37
+60.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−69%
49
+69%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−81.8%
40
+81.8%
Far Cry 5 30−35
−106%
65−70
+106%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−5.4%
98
+5.4%
Hitman 3 27−30
−119%
59
+119%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−27.4%
93
+27.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
−102%
95
+102%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
−159%
57
+159%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75−80
+162%
29
−162%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−108%
81
+108%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
−104%
55−60
+104%
Far Cry New Dawn 21−24
−109%
45−50
+109%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−129%
30−35
+129%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12
−145%
27
+145%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−127%
34
+127%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
−243%
24
+243%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−106%
35−40
+106%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
−135%
170−180
+135%
Hitman 3 16−18
−129%
39
+129%
Horizon Zero Dawn 27−30
−131%
67
+131%
Metro Exodus 24−27
−136%
59
+136%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24−27
−168%
67
+168%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Watch Dogs: Legion 85−90
−113%
187
+113%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−130%
53
+130%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16
−114%
30−33
+114%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
−118%
24−27
+118%
Hitman 3 10−11
−110%
21
+110%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
+12.7%
63
−12.7%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−214%
44
+214%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−150%
35
+150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
−138%
18−20
+138%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−114%
15
+114%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−143%
17
+143%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−400%
10
+400%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−113%
16−18
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−163%
50
+163%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16
−157%
36
+157%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−100%
12
+100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−100%
26
+100%

This is how M3000M and GTX 1660 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1660 is 32% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1660 is 133% faster in 1440p
  • M3000M is 4% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the M3000M is 162% faster.
  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 1660 is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • M3000M is ahead in 3 tests (4%)
  • GTX 1660 is ahead in 69 tests (96%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.52 30.26
Recency 18 August 2015 14 March 2019
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt

M3000M has 60% lower power consumption.

GTX 1660, on the other hand, has a 108.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 1660 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M3000M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M3000M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce GTX 1660 is a desktop one.


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