NVIDIA Quadro K4000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 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.

NVIDIA Quadro K4000

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 550 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 51.84 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
12x more pipelines: 768 vs 64
7.1x better floating-point performance: 1,244 gflops vs 176 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 768 MB
3.5x more memory clock speed: 5616 MHz vs 1600 MHz
6.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2721 vs 402
7.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 424 vs 57
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3321 vs 2917
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3321 vs 2917

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2013 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s vs 17.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 64
Floating-point performance	1,244 gflops vs 176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 768 MB
Memory clock speed	5616 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2721 vs 402
PassMark - G2D Mark	424 vs 57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321 vs 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321 vs 2917

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 59 Watt vs 80 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	59 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2721

402

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

424

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

2917

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3321

2917

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K4000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G3D Mark	2721	402
PassMark - G2D Mark	424	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	6674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	18.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	427.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	23.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	61.965
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321	2917
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321	2917
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	817

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K4000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Tesla
Code name	GK106	G94
Launch date	1 March 2013	30 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,269	$489
Place in performance rating	866	1429
Price now	$225.65	$186.29
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Value for money (0-100)	14.81	4.05
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,244 gflops	176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	768	64
Texture fill rate	51.84 GTexel / s	17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	59 Watt
Transistor count	2,540 million	505 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	768 MB
Memory bandwidth	134.8 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	5616 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3