GeForce GTX 1050 mobile vs Quadro K3100M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Quadro K3100M, 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 GeForce GTX 1050 mobile stacks up against Quadro K3100M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Quadro K3100M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Quadro K3100M 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 GeForce GTX 1050 mobile or Quadro K3100M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Quadro K3100M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 75 Watt.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro K3100M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile and Quadro K3100M have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is used in Laptops, and Quadro K3100M - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is build with Pascal architecture, and Quadro K3100M - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 648 MHz higher, than Quadro K3100M.
  • GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Quadro K3100M - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile is 3808 MHz higher, than Quadro K3100M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 10−12
ultra / 1080p 14−16 7−8
QHD / 1440p 8−9 1−2
4K / 2160p 6−7
low / 720p 40−45 24−27
medium / 1080p 27−30 14−16
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 1050 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 91% more, than Quadro K3100M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 1050 mobile Quadro K3100M
Architecture Pascal Kepler
Code name GP107B N15E-Q1-A2
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 3 January 2017 23 July 2013
Pipelines 640 768
Core clock speed 1354 MHz 706 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz
Transistor count 3,300 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 59.72 45.18
Floating-point performance 1,084 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
G-SYNC support +
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12
Shader Model 6.4 5
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA + +
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Multi monitor support +
HDCP 2.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
Laptop size large large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
GameStream +
GPU Boost 3.0
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