A10M vs Quadro M4000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 366 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.41 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 10.22 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | GA102 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 29 June 2015 (10 years ago) | February 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $791 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 1664 | 7168 |
| Core clock speed | 773 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1635 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 28,300 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 80.39 | 366.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.573 TFLOPS | 23.44 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 80 |
| TMUs | 104 | 224 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 224 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 56 |
| L1 Cache | 624 KB | 7 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 6 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 1" (2.5 cm) | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | 8-pin EPS |
| SLI options | + | - |
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 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 20 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 320 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1563 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 192 GB/s | 500.2 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 4x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | no data |
| Multi-display synchronization | Quadro Sync | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| High-Performance Video I/O6 | + | no data |
| nView Desktop Management | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 20 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 150 Watt |
Quadro M4000 has 25% lower power consumption.
A10M, on the other hand, has a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M4000 and A10M. We've got no test results to judge.
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