Quadro M3000M vs Radeon RX 570

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M3000M and Radeon RX 570, 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 RX 570, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M3000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro M3000M 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 M3000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M3000M Radeon RX 570
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon RX 570 has 60% more power consumption, than Quadro M3000M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon RX 570 has 4 GB more memory, than Quadro M3000M.
  • Quadro M3000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon RX 570 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M3000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 570 - with Polaris.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 118 MHz higher, than Quadro M3000M.
  • Quadro M3000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 570 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 570 is 2000 MHz higher, than Quadro M3000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
Quadro M3000M and Radeon RX 570 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro M3000M Radeon RX 570
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name GM204 Polaris 20 Ellesmere
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 18 April 2017
Pipelines 1,024 2048
Core clock speed 1050 MHz 1168 MHz
Boost Clock 1244 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 67.20 159.2
Floating-point performance 2,150 gflops 5,095 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.2
FreeSync +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 253 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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