AMD Radeon HD 8790M vs NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8790M and NVIDIA Quadro K4000M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 601 MHz
  • Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2800 MHz
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 301
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 12.759 vs 10.054
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.576 vs 1.46
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.839 vs 22.103
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 80.418 vs 36.553
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 April 2013 vs 1 June 2012
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 601 MHz
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 2800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 vs 301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.759 vs 10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.576 vs 1.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.839 vs 22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 80.418 vs 36.553

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 48.08 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 960 vs 384
  • Around 67% better floating-point performance: 1,154 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 1306
  • Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5986 vs 4920
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 544.601 vs 465.631
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3855 vs 2181
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4957 vs 2656
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4470 vs 2014
  • Around 77% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3855 vs 2181
  • Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4957 vs 2656
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4470 vs 2014
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 48.08 GTexel / s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 1306
Geekbench - OpenCL 5986 vs 4920
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 544.601 vs 465.631
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3855 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4957 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4470 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3855 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4957 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4470 vs 2014

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8790M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1306
1978
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
751
301
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4920
5986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.759
10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
465.631
544.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.576
1.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.839
22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
80.418
36.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2181
3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2656
4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
4470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2181
3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2656
4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2014
4470
Name AMD Radeon HD 8790M NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1306 1978
PassMark - G2D Mark 751 301
Geekbench - OpenCL 4920 5986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.759 10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 465.631 544.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.576 1.46
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.839 22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 80.418 36.553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2181 3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2656 4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2014 4470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2181 3855
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2656 4957
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2014 4470
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1607

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8790M NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Mars GK104
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 1 April 2013 1 June 2012
Place in performance rating 837 838
Type Desktop Mobile workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 850 MHz 601 MHz
Floating-point performance 691.2 gflops 1,154 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 960
Texture fill rate 21.6 GTexel / s 48.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,540 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size medium sized large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 89.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 2800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0