FirePro M3100 vs Quadro P500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking725not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency16.68no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGP108Mars
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date5 January 2018 (7 years ago)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 cores256384
Core clock speed1455 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1518 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Wattno data
Texture fill rate24.2916.80
Floating-point processing power0.7772 TFLOPSno data
ROPs168
TMUs1624

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 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth40.1 GB/s32 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.46.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.170
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

Quadro P500 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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NVIDIA Quadro P500
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