Quadro M2000 vs M4000

Place in performance ranking	292	404
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	10.50	4.05
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)
GPU code name	GM204	GM206
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	29 June 2015 (8 years ago)	8 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	$437.75
Current price	$314 (0.4x MSRP)	$285 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M4000 has 159% better value for money than Quadro M2000.

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	768
Core clock speed	773 MHz	796 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1163 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.39	55.82
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops	1,812 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	201 mm
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	1" (2.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
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	128 Bit
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	6612 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 192 GB/s	Up to 106 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	DP DP DP DP
Number of simultaneous displays	4	4
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync	no data

Supported GPU Technologies

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

3D Vision Pro	+	+
Mosaic	+	+
High-Performance Video I/O6	+	no data
nView Desktop Management	+	+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12
Shader Model	5	5
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	+
CUDA	5.2	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 17.27
+67.2%

Quadro M2000 10.33

M4000 outperforms M2000 by 67% based on our aggregated 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
+67.3%

Quadro M2000 3998

M4000 outperforms M2000 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 17965
+28%

Quadro M2000 14036

M4000 outperforms M2000 by 28% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Quadro M4000 19934
+42.4%

Quadro M2000 13996

M4000 outperforms M2000 by 42% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro M4000 16648
+27.1%

Quadro M2000 13100

M4000 outperforms M2000 by 27% 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
+61.8%

Quadro M2000 34

M4000 outperforms M2000 by 62% in Octane Render OctaneBench.