GeForce GTX 950M vs Quadro K3100M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950M and Quadro K3100M, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 950M stacks up against Quadro K3100M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 950M and Quadro K3100M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 950M and Quadro K3100M are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce GTX 950M or Quadro K3100M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950M Quadro K3100M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Quadro K3100M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 950M and Quadro K3100M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is used in Laptops, and Quadro K3100M - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro K3100M - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 950M is 208 MHz higher, than Quadro K3100M.
  • GeForce GTX 950M and Quadro K3100M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K3100M is 2200 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 10−12
ultra / 1080p 8−9 7−8
QHD / 1440p 2−3 1−2
low / 720p 27−30 24−27
medium / 1080p 16−18 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 8% more, than Quadro K3100M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950M Quadro K3100M
Architecture Maxwell Kepler
Code name N16P-GT N15E-Q1-A2
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 12 March 2015 23 July 2013
Pipelines 640 768
Core clock speed 914 MHz 706 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.96 45.18
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops 1,084 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12
Shader Model 5.1 5
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.126
CUDA + +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 140 Mh/s 44 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus + +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 2.5 Mh/s
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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