Quadro 4000 vs GeForce GTX 780

Place in the ranking	262	702
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.76	0.16
Power efficiency	5.77	1.87
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GK110	GF100
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	2 November 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$649	$1,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780 has 2875% better value for money than Quadro 4000.

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	2304	256
Core clock speed	863 MHz	475 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,080 million	3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	142 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	173.2	15.20
Floating-point processing power	4.156 TFLOPS	0.4864 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	192	32

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Minimum recommended system power	600 Watt	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin

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	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	702 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	89.86 GB/s

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	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	-
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
PhysX	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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.

GTX 780 20.76
+442%

Quadro 4000 3.83

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.

GTX 780 8008
+442%

Quadro 4000 1477

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.

GTX 780 23230
+362%

Quadro 4000 5023

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

GTX 780 84
+300%

Quadro 4000 21

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 HD

54
+500%

9−10

−500%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

12.02

133.22

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	20.76	3.83
Recency	23 May 2013	2 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	142 Watt

GTX 780 has a 442% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Quadro 4000, on the other hand, has 76.1% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 780 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780 is a desktop card while Quadro 4000 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.