GeForce G205M vs FirePro M4000

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	650	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.42	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Cape Verde GLM	C79
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)	8 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Current price	$433	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	512	16
Core clock speed	600 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	21.60	3.600
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro M4000 and GeForce G205M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	IGP
Form factor	MXM-A	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
StereoOutput3D	1	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 July 2012	8 January 2009
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	14 Watt

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