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    Quadro M3000M vs Radeon HD 6950M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M3000M and Radeon HD 6950M, 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 M3000M stacks up against Radeon HD 6950M, check out specs charts below.
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    Quadro M3000M and Radeon HD 6950M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro M3000M and Radeon HD 6950M 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 M3000M or Radeon HD 6950M here:

    Quadro M3000M Laptops
    Radeon HD 6950M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro M3000M Radeon HD 6950M
    Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Quadro M3000M has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
    • Quadro M3000M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6950M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
    • Quadro M3000M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950M.
    • Quadro M3000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6950M - in Laptops.
    • Quadro M3000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6950M - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro M3000M is 470 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
    • Quadro M3000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6950M - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro M3000M is 4100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 8−9
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 5−6
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 20−22
    medium / 1080p 40−45 10−12
    The average gaming FPS of Quadro M3000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 272% more, than Radeon HD 6950M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro M3000M Radeon HD 6950M
    Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
    Code name GM204 Blackcomb Pro
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 2 October 2015 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 1,024 960
    Core clock speed 1050 MHz 580 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million 1,700 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 67.20 27.84
    Floating-point performance 2,150 gflops 1,113.6 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.0 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.4
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
    CUDA 5.2
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 253 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus +
    Display Port 1.2
    3D Vision Pro +
    Mosaic +
    nView Display Management +
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