GeForce MX330 vs Quadro K4000

Place in performance ranking	518	542
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.59	3.33
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GK106	N17S-LP / N17S-G3
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 March 2013 (11 years ago)	20 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,269	no data
Current price	$330 (0.3x MSRP)	$1079

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce MX330 has 109% better value for money than Quadro K4000.

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	768	384
Core clock speed	810 MHz	1531 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1594 MHz
Number of transistors	2,540 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	25 Watt (12 - 25 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	51.84	38.26
Floating-point performance	1,244 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K4000 and GeForce MX330 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.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

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	192 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5616 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	134.8 GB/s	48.06 GB/s
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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	3.0	6.1

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.

Quadro K4000 7.04
+11.2%

GeForce MX330 6.33

Quadro K4000 outperforms GeForce MX330 by 11% 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 K4000 2723
+11.2%

GeForce MX330 2449

Quadro K4000 outperforms GeForce MX330 by 11% in Passmark.

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%

Quadro K4000 6660

GeForce MX330 10851
+62.9%

GeForce MX330 outperforms Quadro K4000 by 63% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro K4000 6797

GeForce MX330 10022
+47.4%

GeForce MX330 outperforms Quadro K4000 by 47% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K4000 5210

GeForce MX330 9906
+90.1%

GeForce MX330 outperforms Quadro K4000 by 90% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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	24−27 +9.1%	22 −9.1%
4K	24−27 +4.3%	23 −4.3%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.04	6.33
Recency	1 March 2013	20 February 2020
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	25 Watt