Radeon RX 580 OEM 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	11.19	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code name	GM204	Ellesmere
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	29 June 2015 (9 years ago)	29 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	$229
Current price	$314 (0.4x MSRP)	$228 (1x MSRP)

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	2304
Core clock speed	773 MHz	1120 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1266 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.39	182.3
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops	5,834 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	241 mm
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 192 GB/s	256.0 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync	no data
HDMI	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	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	5.2	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	29 June 2015	29 June 2016
Cost	$791	$229
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt

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