FirePro V4900 vs Quadro 3000M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V4900 and Quadro 3000M, 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 FirePro V4900 stacks up against Quadro 3000M, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 3000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 3000M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Quadro 3000M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V4900 Quadro 3000M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
  • FirePro V4900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro 3000M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro 3000M has 1 GB more memory, than FirePro V4900.
  • FirePro V4900 is used in Desktops, and Quadro 3000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro V4900 is build with TeraScale 2 architecture, and Quadro 3000M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro V4900 is 350 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.
  • FirePro V4900 and Quadro 3000M are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V4900 is 3375 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 2−3
ultra / 1080p 1−2 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 12−14
medium / 1080p 4−5 4−5
FirePro V4900 and Quadro 3000M have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  FirePro V4900 Quadro 3000M
Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name Turks Fermi
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 1 November 2011 22 February 2011
Pipelines 480 240
Core clock speed 800 MHz 450 MHz
Transistor count 716 million 1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20 18.00
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 432.0 gflops
Length 163 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 80 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.1
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 73 Mh/s 28 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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