FirePro W4300 vs Quadro 4000

Place in performance ranking	664	495
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.48	4.55
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GF100	Bonaire
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	2 November 2010 (13 years old)	1 December 2015 (8 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199	no data
Current price	$295 (0.2x MSRP)	$129

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W4300 has 848% better value for money than Quadro 4000.

Technical specs

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	256	768
Core clock speed	475 MHz	930 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	142 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.20	44.64
Floating-point performance	486.4 gflops	1,428 gflops

Size and 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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	171 mm
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

Memory

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	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2808 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	89.86 GB/s	96 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

4x mini-DisplayPort

API support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	2.0	no data

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.

Quadro 4000 3.82

FirePro W4300 7.47
+95.5%

FirePro W4300 outperforms Quadro 4000 by 96% based on our aggregated 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%

Quadro 4000 1478

FirePro W4300 2894
+95.8%

FirePro W4300 outperforms Quadro 4000 by 96% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	3.82	7.47
Recency	2 November 2010	1 December 2015
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	142 Watt	50 Watt