FirePro W600 vs Quadro M4000
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro M4000 and FirePro W600, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
M4000 outperforms W600 by a whopping 294% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 373 | 747 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.44 | 0.21 |
| Power efficiency | 10.33 | 4.20 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | Cape Verde |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 29 June 2015 (11 years ago) | 13 June 2012 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $791 | $599 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Quadro M4000 has 1062% better value for money than FirePro W600.
Performance to price scatter graph
Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1664 | 512 |
| Core clock speed | 773 MHz | 750 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 1,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 80.39 | 24.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.573 TFLOPS | 0.768 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| TMUs | 104 | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 624 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 256 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 163 mm |
| Width | 1" (2.5 cm) | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | None |
| SLI options | + | - |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 192 GB/s | 64 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort | 6x mini-DisplayPort |
| Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | no data |
| Multi-display synchronization | Quadro Sync | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| High-Performance Video I/O6 | + | no data |
| nView Desktop Management | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 16.02 | 4.07 |
| Recency | 29 June 2015 | 13 June 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 75 Watt |
Quadro M4000 has a 294% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
FirePro W600, on the other hand, has 60% lower power consumption.
The Quadro M4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W600 in performance tests.
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