GeForce GTX 960 vs Quadro M4000

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Combined performance score

Quadro M4000
17.26
+10.3%

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960 by 10% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking290315
Place by popularitynot in top-10053
Value for money10.282.12
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGM204GM206
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date29 June 2015 (8 years old)22 January 2015 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$791 $199
Current price$314 (0.4x MSRP)$440 (2.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M4000 has 385% better value for money than GTX 960.

Technical specs

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 cores16641024
CUDA coresno data1024
Core clock speed773 MHz1127 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1178 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt120 Watt
Texture fill rate80.3972 billion/sec
Floating-point performance2,573 gflops2,413 gflops

Size and 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 supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm9.5" (24.1 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width1" (2.5 cm)2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)no data400 Watt
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin1x 6-pins
SLI options++

Memory

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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidthUp to 192 GB/s112 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsDP DP DP DP 3-pin StereoDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Syncno data
HDMIno data+
HDCPno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC supportno data+
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

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

GameStreamno data+
GeForce ShadowPlayno data+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorksno data+
3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
High-Performance Video I/O6+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API support

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

DirectX1212 (12_1)
Shader Model56.4
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan++
CUDA5.2+

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 17.26
+10.3%
GTX 960 15.65

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960 by 10% in our combined 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 6689
+10.3%
GTX 960 6064

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960 by 10% 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 17916
GTX 960 18093
+1%

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms Quadro M4000 by 1% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro M4000 19973
GTX 960 20002
+0.1%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

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 CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M4000 16648
GTX 960 17784
+6.8%

GeForce GTX 960 outperforms Quadro M4000 by 7% 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
+14.6%
GTX 960 48

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960 by 15% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

Unigine Heaven 4.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark, a newer version of Unigine 3.0 with relatively small differences. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. The benchmark is still sometimes used, despite its significant age, as it was released back in 2013.

Benchmark coverage: 1%

Quadro M4000 958
+10.6%
GTX 960 866

Quadro M4000 outperforms GeForce GTX 960 by 11% in Unigine Heaven 4.0.

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 HD70−75
+7.7%
65
−7.7%
4K30−35
+3.4%
29
−3.4%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 17.26 15.65
Recency 29 June 2015 22 January 2015
Cost $791 $199
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB

The Quadro M4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 960 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M4000 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 960 is a desktop 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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