Tesla K8 vs Quadro M4000

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Combined performance score

Quadro M4000
17.25
+81.4%

Quadro M4000 outperforms Tesla K8 by 81% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking290428
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money10.283.84
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGM204GK104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date29 June 2015 (8 years old)16 September 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$791 no data
Current price$314 (0.4x MSRP)$249
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro M4000 has 168% better value for money than Tesla K8.

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 cores16641536
Core clock speed773 MHz693 MHz
Boost clock speedno data811 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate80.39103.8
Floating-point performance2,573 gflops2,491 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 2.0 x16
Length241 mm241 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin1x 6-pin
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 StereoNo outputs
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 (11_0)
Shader Model55.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA5.23.0

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
+81.4%
Tesla K8 9.51

Quadro M4000 outperforms Tesla K8 by 81% in our combined benchmark results.


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
+44.7%
Tesla K8 38

Quadro M4000 outperforms Tesla K8 by 45% in Octane Render OctaneBench.

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 9.51
Recency 29 June 2015 16 September 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 100 Watt

The Quadro M4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Tesla K8 in performance tests.


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