Quadro K3000M vs Radeon R9 380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K3000M and Radeon R9 380, 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 K3000M stacks up against Radeon R9 380, check out specs charts below.

Quadro K3000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro K3000M 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 K3000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K3000M Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 153% more power consumption, than Quadro K3000M.
  • Quadro K3000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 380 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro K3000M and Radeon R9 380 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Quadro K3000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 380 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro K3000M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • Quadro K3000M and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K3000M is 1830 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 7−8 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 18−20 60−65
medium / 1080p 9−10 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Quadro K3000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro K3000M Radeon R9 380
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name N14E-Q1 Tonga Pro
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 1 June 2012 26 June 2015
Pipelines 576 1792
Core clock speed 654 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 31.39 108.6
Floating-point performance 753.4 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 24 Mh/s 404 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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