Quadro 4100 vs FirePro M6000
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 708 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.77 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Kepler (2012−2018) |
| GPU code name | Heathrow | GK104 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 1 July 2012 (13 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 1344 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 797 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 3,540 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 43 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 32.00 | 89.26 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.024 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 40 | 112 |
| L1 Cache | 160 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | no data |
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).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | n/a | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 160 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Form factor | MXM-B | 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 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1782 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 57.02 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | No outputs | 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 |
| StereoOutput3D | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.175 |
| CUDA | - | 3.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Power consumption (TDP) | 43 Watt | 35 Watt |
Quadro 4100 has 22.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M6000 and Quadro 4100. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M6000 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Quadro 4100 is a workstation one.
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