Quadro P4000 Mobile vs Apple M1 8-Core GPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Apple M1 8-Core GPU with Quadro P4000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU
2020
14.08

P4000 Mobile outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by an impressive 52% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking347237
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data6.20
Architectureno dataPascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameno dataN17E-Q3
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date10 November 2020 (3 years ago)11 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$819.61
Current priceno data$1053 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores81792
Core clock speed1278 MHz1202 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1228 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data137.4
Floating-point performanceno data4,398 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Apple M1 8-Core GPU and Quadro P4000 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Interfaceno dataMXM-B (3.0)

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data6006 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs
Display Portno data1.4

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimusno data+
3D Stereono data+
Mosaicno data+
nView Display Managementno data+
Optimusno data+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12
Shader Modelno data5.1
OpenGLno data4.5
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkanno data1.2.131
CUDAno data6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 14.08
P4000 Mobile 21.47
+52.5%

Quadro P4000 Mobile outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 52% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

Apple M1 8-Core GPU 280200
P4000 Mobile 369407
+31.8%

Quadro P4000 Mobile outperforms Apple M1 8-Core GPU by 32% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD26
−34.6%
35−40
+34.6%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−57.1%
21−24
+57.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−61.1%
27−30
+61.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−64.3%
21−24
+64.3%
Battlefield 5 30−33
−53.3%
45−50
+53.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−55.6%
27−30
+55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−57.1%
21−24
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−57.1%
30−35
+57.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−62.5%
35−40
+62.5%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−67.5%
65−70
+67.5%
Hitman 3 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−62.9%
55−60
+62.9%
Metro Exodus 30−33
−56.7%
45−50
+56.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−62.5%
35−40
+62.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−63%
40−45
+63%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−53.3%
45−50
+53.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−61.1%
27−30
+61.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−64.3%
21−24
+64.3%
Battlefield 5 30−33
−53.3%
45−50
+53.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−55.6%
27−30
+55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−57.1%
21−24
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−57.1%
30−35
+57.1%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−62.5%
35−40
+62.5%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−67.5%
65−70
+67.5%
Hitman 3 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−62.9%
55−60
+62.9%
Metro Exodus 30−33
−56.7%
45−50
+56.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−62.5%
35−40
+62.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−63%
40−45
+63%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−53.3%
45−50
+53.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−61.1%
27−30
+61.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−64.3%
21−24
+64.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−55.6%
27−30
+55.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−57.1%
21−24
+57.1%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−57.1%
30−35
+57.1%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−67.5%
65−70
+67.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−62.9%
55−60
+62.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−63%
40−45
+63%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−66.7%
30−33
+66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−53.3%
45−50
+53.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−62.5%
35−40
+62.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−62.5%
24−27
+62.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8
−57.1%
10−12
+57.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−70%
16−18
+70%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−64.3%
21−24
+64.3%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−68.8%
27−30
+68.8%
Hitman 3 10−11
−70%
16−18
+70%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−61.1%
27−30
+61.1%
Metro Exodus 14−16
−71.4%
24−27
+71.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−56.3%
24−27
+56.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−66.7%
14−16
+66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−64.3%
21−24
+64.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−55.6%
14−16
+55.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Hitman 3 6−7
−66.7%
10−11
+66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−66.7%
14−16
+66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−75%
7−8
+75%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
−58.3%
18−20
+58.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
−66.7%
14−16
+66.7%
Metro Exodus 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−66.7%
5−6
+66.7%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−62.5%
12−14
+62.5%

This is how Apple M1 8-Core GPU and P4000 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • P4000 Mobile is 35% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.08 21.47
Recency 10 November 2020 11 January 2017
Chip lithography 5 nm 16 nm

The Quadro P4000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Apple M1 8-Core GPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Apple M1 8-Core GPU is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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