Quadro 4000M vs GeForce GTX 980M

Place in performance ranking	275	697
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	9.92	0.99
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	GM204	Fermi
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	7 October 2014 (9 years ago)	22 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$449
Current price	$583	$118 (0.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 980M has 902% better value for money than Quadro 4000M.

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	1536	336
CUDA cores	1536	no data
Core clock speed	1038 MHz	475 MHz
Boost clock speed	1127 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,200 million	1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	51.84	26.60
Floating-point performance	3,462 gflops	638.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 980M and Quadro 4000M 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 size	large	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth	160 GB/s	80 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 Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	no data
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
BatteryBoost	+	no data
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	2.1

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.

GTX 980M 19.02
+464%

Quadro 4000M 3.37

GeForce GTX 980M outperforms Quadro 4000M by 464% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GTX 980M 7345
+464%

Quadro 4000M 1302

GeForce GTX 980M outperforms Quadro 4000M by 464% in Passmark.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 980M 12517
+498%

Quadro 4000M 2092

GeForce GTX 980M outperforms Quadro 4000M by 498% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 980M 31944
+198%

Quadro 4000M 10722

GeForce GTX 980M outperforms Quadro 4000M by 198% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 980M 21970
+327%

Quadro 4000M 5141

GeForce GTX 980M outperforms Quadro 4000M by 327% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 980M 66
+267%

Quadro 4000M 18

GeForce GTX 980M outperforms Quadro 4000M by 267% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

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:

900p	173 +477%	30−35 −477%
Full HD	74 +4.2%	71 −4.2%
1440p	31 +520%	5−6 −520%
4K	28 +600%	4−5 −600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−33

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	51	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35	no data
Battlefield 5	67	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33	no data
Far Cry 5	62	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	59	no data
Forza Horizon 4	74	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80	no data
Metro Exodus	65	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	44	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35	no data
Battlefield 5	57	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33	no data
Far Cry 5	52	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	47	no data
Forza Horizon 4	191	no data
Hitman 3	35−40	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80	no data
Metro Exodus	55	no data
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	61	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	26	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	30−33	no data
Far Cry 5	38	no data
Forza Horizon 4	47	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	75−80	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	33	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	55−60	no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	33	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	35	no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +467%	3−4 −467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12	no data
Far Cry 5	34	no data
Forza Horizon 4	39	no data
Hitman 3	21−24	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40	no data
Metro Exodus	38 +533%	6−7 −533%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +533%	6−7 −533%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14	no data

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	17	no data
Hitman 3	14−16 +600%	2−3 −600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	22 +633%	3−4 −633%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12	no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	12	no data
Forza Horizon 4	26	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24	no data
Metro Exodus	20	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9	no data