AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 vs NVIDIA Quadro M4000

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Combined performance score

Quadro M4000
17.25
+19.6%

Quadro M4000 outperforms Radeon Pro WX 5100 by 20% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking290330
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money10.283.58
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameGM204Ellesmere
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date29 June 2015 (8 years old)18 November 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$791 $499
Current price$314 (0.4x MSRP)$854 (1.7x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M4000 has 187% better value for money than Pro WX 5100.

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 cores16641792
Core clock speed773 MHz713 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1086 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate80.39121.6
Floating-point performance2,573 gflops3,892 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width1" (2.5 cm)1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone
SLI options+no data

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 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed6008 MHz5000 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 192 GB/s160.0 GB/s

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 Stereo4x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Syncno data

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 support

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

DirectX1212 (12_0)
Shader Model56.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA5.2no data

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 17.25
+19.6%
Pro WX 5100 14.42

Quadro M4000 outperforms Radeon Pro WX 5100 by 20% 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 6688
+19.7%
Pro WX 5100 5588

Quadro M4000 outperforms Radeon Pro WX 5100 by 20% 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 17912
Pro WX 5100 25596
+42.9%

Radeon Pro WX 5100 outperforms Quadro M4000 by 43% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 17.25 14.42
Recency 29 June 2015 18 November 2016
Cost $791 $499
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt

The Quadro M4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro WX 5100 in performance tests.


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