Quadro 3000M vs Radeon Pro 555X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 3000M and Radeon Pro 555X, 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 Quadro 3000M stacks up against Radeon Pro 555X, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 3000M and Radeon Pro 555X are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro 3000M and Radeon Pro 555X 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 Quadro 3000M or Radeon Pro 555X here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 3000M Radeon Pro 555X
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
  • Quadro 3000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro 555X uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro 3000M and Radeon Pro 555X have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Quadro 3000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Pro 555X - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Pro 555X is 405 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.
  • Quadro 3000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro 555X - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro 555X is 4455 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 16−18
ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−11
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 12−14 30−35
medium / 1080p 4−5 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro 555X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 300% more, than Quadro 3000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 3000M Radeon Pro 555X
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name Fermi Polaris 21
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 22 February 2011 5 June 2017
Pipelines 240 768
Core clock speed 450 MHz 855 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 18.00 43.54
Floating-point performance 432.0 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 625 MHz 5080 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 81.6 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 28 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
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