NVIDIA Quadro K4000M vs AMD FirePro V7900

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD FirePro V7900 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 51% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 151 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.46 vs 1.309
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3855 vs 2996
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4957 vs 3710
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4470 vs 3354
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3855 vs 2996
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4957 vs 3710
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4470 vs 3354
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 24 May 2011
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 151 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.46 vs 1.309
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3855 vs 2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4957 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4470 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3855 vs 2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4957 vs 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4470 vs 3354

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro V7900

  • Around 21% higher core clock speed: 725 MHz vs 601 MHz
  • Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 58.0 GTexel / s vs 48.08 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 960
  • Around 61% better floating-point performance: 1,856.0 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
  • Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 2800 MHz
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2305 vs 1903
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 336 vs 296
  • 4.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 27733 vs 5827
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 14.134 vs 10.054
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 676.409 vs 544.601
  • Around 66% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 36.678 vs 22.103
  • 4.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 171.25 vs 36.553
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 725 MHz vs 601 MHz
Texture fill rate 58.0 GTexel / s vs 48.08 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 960
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 2800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2305 vs 1903
PassMark - G2D Mark 336 vs 296
Geekbench - OpenCL 27733 vs 5827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 14.134 vs 10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 676.409 vs 544.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 36.678 vs 22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 171.25 vs 36.553

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
GPU 2: AMD FirePro V7900

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1903
2305
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
296
336
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5827
27733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.054
14.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
544.601
676.409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.46
1.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.103
36.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.553
171.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3855
2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4957
3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4470
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3855
2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4957
3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4470
3354
Name NVIDIA Quadro K4000M AMD FirePro V7900
PassMark - G3D Mark 1903 2305
PassMark - G2D Mark 296 336
Geekbench - OpenCL 5827 27733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.054 14.134
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 544.601 676.409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.46 1.309
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.103 36.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 36.553 171.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3855 2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4957 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4470 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3855 2996
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4957 3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4470 3354

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M AMD FirePro V7900

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 3
Code name GK104 Cayman
Launch date 1 June 2012 24 May 2011
Place in performance rating 851 852
Type Mobile workstation Workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 601 MHz 725 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops 1,856.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 960 1280
Texture fill rate 48.08 GTexel / s 58.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 151 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 2,640 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Form factor Full Height / Full Length
Length 279 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB / s 160 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0