GRID K340 vs Quadro M4000

Place in the ranking	374	831
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.45	0.02
Power efficiency	10.33	1.01
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GM204	GK107
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	29 June 2015 (11 years ago)	23 July 2013 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	$3,299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Quadro M4000 has 12150% better value for money than GRID K340.

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	384 ×4
Core clock speed	773 MHz	950 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.39	30.40 ×4
Floating-point processing power	2.573 TFLOPS	0.7296 TFLOPS ×4
ROPs	64	8 ×4
TMUs	104	32 ×4
L1 Cache	624 KB	32 KB
L2 Cache	2 MB	128 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	267 mm
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
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	1 GB ×4
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 192 GB/s	28.8 GB/s ×4

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	No outputs
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_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.126
CUDA	5.2	3.0

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	2.93
Recency	29 June 2015	23 July 2013
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	225 Watt

Quadro M4000 has a 447% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 88% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GRID K340 in performance tests.