FirePro S7100X vs Quadro M4000
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 316 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.66 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.89 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | GM204 | Amethyst |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 29 June 2015 (9 years ago) | 25 May 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $791 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 773 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,200 million | 5,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 80.39 | 92.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.573 TFLOPS | 2.97 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 104 | 128 |
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 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 241 mm | no data |
| Width | 1" (2.5 cm) | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | None |
| 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 192 GB/s | 160.0 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 | 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 compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 June 2015 | 25 May 2016 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 120 Watt | 100 Watt |
S7100X has an age advantage of 10 months, and 20% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M4000 and FirePro S7100X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M4000 is a workstation card while FirePro S7100X is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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