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    Quadro K3100M vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K3100M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, 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 K3100M stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
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    Quadro K3100M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro K3100M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire 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 K3100M or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

    Quadro K3100M Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro K3100M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0)
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs
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    • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 166% more power consumption, than Quadro K3100M.
    • Quadro K3100M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • Quadro K3100M is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 144 MHz higher, than Quadro K3100M.
    • Quadro K3100M and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire is 1600 MHz higher, than Quadro K3100M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 7−8 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 24−27 60−65
    medium / 1080p 14−16 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 200% more, than Quadro K3100M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro K3100M Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture Kepler GCN
    Code name N15E-Q1-A2 Wimbledon XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 23 July 2013 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 768 2560
    Core clock speed 706 MHz 850 MHz
    Transistor count 3,540 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 45.18
    Floating-point performance 1,084 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5
    OpenGL 4.5
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126
    CUDA +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
    Display Port 1.2
    3D Vision Pro +
    Mosaic +
    nView Display Management +
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