AMD FirePro W8000
VS
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
AMD FirePro W8000
VS
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA Quadro M3000M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

338
Place in performance rating
234
6.98
Value for money (0-100)
38.39
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Maxwell
Tahiti
Code name
GM204
Desktop
Type
Mobile workstation
14 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
2 October 2015 (6 years ago)
$1,599
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$550 (0.3x MSRP)
Price now
$981
2.49
Value for money
6.46
Tahiti
GPU code name
GM204
Workstation
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA Quadro M3000M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1792
Pipelines
1,024
900 MHz
Core clock speed
1050 MHz
4,313 million
Transistor count
5,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
225 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
100.8
Texture fill rate
67.20
3,226 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,150 gflops
1792
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1,024
4,313 million
Number of transistors
5,200 million
350 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
75 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA Quadro M3000M.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
279 mm
Length
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2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
large
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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full height / full length
Form factor
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Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA Quadro M3000M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
5500 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
176 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA Quadro M3000M, the size and number of monitors.

4x DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Display Port
1.2
1
StereoOutput3D
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1
Dual-link DVI support
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4
DisplayPort count
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Technologies

The difference between AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA Quadro M3000M is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
5.2
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Optimus
+
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3D Vision Pro
+
no data
Mosaic
+
no data
nView Display Management
+
no data
nView
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA Quadro M3000M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
+
no data
Shader Model
5.0
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD FirePro W8000 and NVIDIA Quadro M3000M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD FirePro W8000 or NVIDIA Quadro M3000M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD FirePro W8000
NVIDIA Quadro M3000M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD FirePro W8000

Cheaper ($550 (0.3x MSRP) vs $981)

More pipelines (1792 vs 1,024)

More memory bandwidth (176 GB/s vs 160 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro M3000M

8.88% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (75 Watt vs 225 Watt)

So, AMD FirePro W8000 or NVIDIA Quadro M3000M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro M3000M .

AMD FirePro W8000 versus NVIDIA Quadro M3000M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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