Quadro M3000M vs Radeon R9 380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M3000M 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 M3000M stacks up against Radeon R9 380, 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 R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 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 M3000M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M3000M and Radeon R9 380 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Quadro M3000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 380 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M3000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • Quadro M3000M and Radeon R9 380 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M3000M is 4030 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

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 R9 380 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro M3000M Radeon R9 380
Architecture Maxwell GCN
Code name GM204 Tonga Pro
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 26 June 2015
Pipelines 1,024 1792
Core clock speed 1050 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 67.20 108.6
Floating-point performance 2,150 gflops 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.2
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 253 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
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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