NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs NVIDIA Quadro 4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and NVIDIA Quadro 4000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

NVIDIA Quadro 4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 475 MHz
7.2x more texture fill rate: 109 billion / sec vs 15.2 GTexel / s
6.5x more pipelines: 1664 vs 256
8.1x better floating-point performance: 3,920 gflops vs 486.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9640 vs 1476
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 766 vs 382
5.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 28498 vs 5013
7.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 105.107 vs 13.345
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1225.96 vs 306.122
5.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 8.737 vs 1.552
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 35.714 vs 20.453
12.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 490.688 vs 39.651
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11499 vs 2079
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 3472
5.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11499 vs 2079
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 3472

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 September 2014 vs 2 November 2010
Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec vs 15.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 256
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops vs 486.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640 vs 1476
PassMark - G2D Mark	766 vs 382
Geekbench - OpenCL	28498 vs 5013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.107 vs 13.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1225.96 vs 306.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.737 vs 1.552
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.714 vs 20.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	490.688 vs 39.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499 vs 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698 vs 3472
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499 vs 2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698 vs 3472

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro 4000

Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 142 Watt vs 148 Watt
401.1x more memory clock speed: 2808 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	142 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed	2808 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350 vs 3340

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro 4000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9640

1476

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

766

382

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

28498

5013

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

105.107

13.345

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1225.96

306.122

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8.737

1.552

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

35.714

20.453

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

490.688

39.651

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11499

2079

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

3472

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

11499

2079

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3698

3472

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3340

3350

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	NVIDIA Quadro 4000
PassMark - G3D Mark	9640	1476
PassMark - G2D Mark	766	382
Geekbench - OpenCL	28498	5013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	105.107	13.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1225.96	306.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	8.737	1.552
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	35.714	20.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	490.688	39.651
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11499	2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3698	3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3340	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11499	2079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3698	3472
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3340	3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	369	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970	NVIDIA Quadro 4000
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GM204	GF100
Launch date	19 September 2014	2 November 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$329	$1,199
Place in performance rating	371	1047
Price now	$407.76	$141.66
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	28.59	17.08
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1050 MHz	475 MHz
CUDA cores	1664
Floating-point performance	3,920 gflops	486.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	98 °C
Pipelines	1664	256
Texture fill rate	109 billion / sec	15.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	148 Watt	142 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	3,100 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	10.5" (26.7 cm)	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	500 Watt
SLI options	4x
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pins	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB / s	89.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7.0 GB/s	2808 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround