GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile vs Quadro M4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M4000 with GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M4000
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
16.96
+49.7%

M4000 outperforms GTX 1050 Mobile by an impressive 50% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking326424
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.02no data
Power efficiency9.9210.61
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM204GP107B
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date29 June 2015 (9 years ago)3 January 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$791 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores1664640
Core clock speed773 MHz1354 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1493 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data97 °C
Texture fill rate80.3959.72
Floating-point processing power2.573 TFLOPS1.911 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs10440

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width1" (2.5 cm)no data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4000 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 192 GB/s112 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 Connectors4x DisplayPortDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Syncno data
HDCP-2.2
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

GameStream-+
GPU Boostno data3.0
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
High-Performance Video I/O6+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data
Anselno data+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.2+

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:

900p100−110
+37%
73
−37%
Full HD65−70
+41.3%
46
−41.3%
1440p35−40
+45.8%
24
−45.8%
4K21−24
+40%
15
−40%

Cost per frame, $

1080p12.17no data
1440p22.60no data
4K37.67no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 51
+0%
51
+0%
Far Cry 5 39
+0%
39
+0%
Fortnite 132
+0%
132
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 55
+0%
55
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 46
+0%
46
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 44
+0%
44
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Dota 2 126
+0%
126
+0%
Far Cry 5 36
+0%
36
+0%
Fortnite 51
+0%
51
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 52
+0%
52
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 42
+0%
42
+0%
Metro Exodus 19
+0%
19
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 41
+0%
41
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 39
+0%
39
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 37
+0%
37
+0%
Dota 2 115
+0%
115
+0%
Far Cry 5 33
+0%
33
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 37
+0%
37
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 29
+0%
29
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 22
+0%
22
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 39
+0%
39
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 11
+0%
11
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 26
+0%
26
+0%
Far Cry 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 26
+0%
26
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 25
+0%
25
+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
+0%
7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 13
+0%
13
+0%
Dota 2 34
+0%
34
+0%
Far Cry 5 11
+0%
11
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 15
+0%
15
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 12
+0%
12
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10
+0%
10
+0%

This is how Quadro M4000 and GTX 1050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • Quadro M4000 is 37% faster in 900p
  • Quadro M4000 is 41% faster in 1080p
  • Quadro M4000 is 46% faster in 1440p
  • Quadro M4000 is 40% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 38 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.96 11.33
Recency 29 June 2015 3 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4000 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

Quadro M4000 has a 49.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 104.8% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GTX 1050 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 60% lower power consumption.

The Quadro M4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M4000 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile is a notebook one.

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