Maxwell GPU Surface Book vs Quadro 3000M

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro 3000M. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro 3000M. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro 3000M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Maxwell GPU Surface Book and Quadro 3000M 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 Maxwell GPU Surface Book or Quadro 3000M here:

Main Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Quadro 3000M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Quadro 3000M has 1 GB more memory, than Maxwell GPU Surface Book.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is used in Laptops, and Quadro 3000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro 3000M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 504 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.
  • Maxwell GPU Surface Book is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 3000M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Maxwell GPU Surface Book is 4387 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 2−3
ultra / 1080p 5−6 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 20−22 12−14
medium / 1080p 10−12 4−5
The average gaming FPS of Maxwell GPU Surface Book in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 120% more, than Quadro 3000M.

Full Specs

  Maxwell GPU Surface Book Quadro 3000M
Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name Surface Book Fermi
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 1 October 2015 22 February 2011
Pipelines 384 240
Core clock speed 954 MHz 450 MHz
Boost Clock 993 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 18.00
Floating-point performance 432.0 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.1
Vulkan N/A
CUDA + 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 28 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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