GeForce GTX 660 vs Quadro M4000

Place in performance ranking	296	405
Place by popularity	not in top-100	69
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.80	2.40
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	GM204	GK106
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	29 June 2015 (8 years ago)	6 September 2012 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	$229
Current price	$314 (0.4x MSRP)	$172 (0.8x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M4000 has 350% better value for money than GTX 660.

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	1664	960
CUDA cores	no data	960
Core clock speed	773 MHz	980 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1033 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.39	78.4 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops	1,981 gflops

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).

Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Height	no data	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	One 6-pin
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	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	Up to 192 GB/s	144.2 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	DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	no data	4 displays
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync	no data
HDMI	no data	+
HDCP	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	no data	+
3D Gaming	no data	+
3D Vision	no data	+
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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	5.2	+

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 M4000 17.30
+67.3%

GTX 660 10.34

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 67% based on our aggregate 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 M4000 6687
+67.2%

GTX 660 3999

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 67% 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 M4000 18028
+59.8%

GTX 660 11285

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 60% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro M4000 19929
+73.7%

GTX 660 11472

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 74% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M4000 16648
+94%

GTX 660 8583

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 94% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M4000 55
+66.7%

GTX 660 33

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 660 by 67% in Octane Render OctaneBench.