Mobility FireGL 7800 vs Quadro M4000

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	297	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	11.20	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Rage 7 (2001−2006)
GPU code name	GM204	M7
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	29 June 2015 (9 years ago)	29 September 2005 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	no data
Current price	$314 (0.4x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	2
Core clock speed	773 MHz	280 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	280 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	60 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	27 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.39	0.56
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro M4000 and Mobility FireGL 7800 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no data

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	DDR
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 192 GB/s	6.4 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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

DirectX	12	7.0
Shader Model	5	no data
OpenGL	4.5	1.3
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	5.2	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 June 2015	29 September 2005
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	27 Watt

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