Quadro 3000M vs Tesla M60

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 3000M and Tesla M60, 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 Tesla M60, 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

  Quadro 3000M Tesla M60
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 300 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Tesla M60 has 300% more power consumption, than Quadro 3000M.
  • Quadro 3000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Tesla M60 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Tesla M60 has 6 GB more memory, than Quadro 3000M.
  • Quadro 3000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Tesla M60 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 3000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Tesla M60 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Tesla M60 is 107 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.
  • Quadro 3000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Tesla M60 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Tesla M60 is 4387 MHz higher, than Quadro 3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 35−40
ultra / 1080p 1−2 24−27
QHD / 1440p 0−1 18−20
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 12−14 60−65
medium / 1080p 4−5 45−50
The average gaming FPS of Tesla M60 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 760% more, than Quadro 3000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 3000M Tesla M60
Architecture Fermi Maxwell 2.0
Code name Fermi GM204
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 22 February 2011 30 August 2015
Pipelines 240 2048
Core clock speed 450 MHz 557 MHz
Boost Clock 1178 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.00 150.8
Floating-point performance 432.0 gflops 2x 4,833 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 625 MHz 5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 160.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.1.126
CUDA 2.1 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 28 Mh/s 432 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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