NVIDIA Quadro K4000M vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD Radeon HD 6790 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) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 48.08 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 960 vs 800
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1978 vs 1585
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.46 vs 1.234
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3855 vs 3127
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4957 vs 3534
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 4470 vs 3350
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3855 vs 3127
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4957 vs 3534
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 4470 vs 3350
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 4 April 2011
Texture fill rate 48.08 GTexel / s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 960 vs 800
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 vs 1585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.46 vs 1.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3855 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4957 vs 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4470 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3855 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4957 vs 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4470 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

  • Around 40% higher core clock speed: 840 MHz vs 601 MHz
  • Around 16% better floating-point performance: 1,344.0 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 2800 MHz
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 375 vs 301
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 12.318 vs 10.054
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 750.421 vs 544.601
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 28.768 vs 22.103
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 121.423 vs 36.553
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 840 MHz vs 601 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,344.0 gflops vs 1,154 gflops
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz vs 2800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 375 vs 301
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.318 vs 10.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 750.421 vs 544.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.768 vs 22.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.423 vs 36.553

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1978
1585
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
301
375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.054
12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
544.601
750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.46
1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22.103
28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
36.553
121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3855
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4957
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4470
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3855
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4957
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4470
3350
Name NVIDIA Quadro K4000M AMD Radeon HD 6790
PassMark - G3D Mark 1978 1585
PassMark - G2D Mark 301 375
Geekbench - OpenCL 5986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.054 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 544.601 750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.46 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 22.103 28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 36.553 121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3855 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4957 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4470 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3855 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4957 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4470 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M AMD Radeon HD 6790

Essentials

Architecture Kepler TeraScale 2
Code name GK104 Barts
Launch date 1 June 2012 4 April 2011
Place in performance rating 860 861
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Price now $64.99
Value for money (0-100) 39.40

Technical info

Core clock speed 601 MHz 840 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,154 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 960 800
Texture fill rate 48.08 GTexel / s 33.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 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 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 89.6 GB / s 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2800 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0