NVIDIA Quadro M4000 vs AMD Radeon R9 270

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000 and AMD Radeon R9 270 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 Quadro M4000

AMD Radeon R9 270

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 80.39 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
Around 30% higher pipelines: 1664 vs 1280
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 2,573 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 150 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6673 vs 4306
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 567
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 65.548 vs 55.721
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6291 vs 3448
Around 82% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6291 vs 3448
Around 44% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2302 vs 1603

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2015 vs 13 November 2013
Texture fill rate	80.39 GTexel / s vs 74 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 1280
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops vs 2,368 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6673 vs 4306
PassMark - G2D Mark	673 vs 567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.548 vs 55.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6291 vs 3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6291 vs 3448
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302 vs 1603

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270

4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74175 vs 18372
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1282.039 vs 732.046
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 5.927 vs 5.453
5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 93.116 vs 17.725
Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 261.843 vs 217.357

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	74175 vs 18372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1282.039 vs 732.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.927 vs 5.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	93.116 vs 17.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	261.843 vs 217.357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3347 vs 3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699 vs 3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3347 vs 3332

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6673

4306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

673

567

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

18372

74175

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

65.548

55.721

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

732.046

1282.039

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.453

5.927

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17.725

93.116

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

217.357

261.843

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6291

3448

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3347

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6291

3448

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3685

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3332

3347

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2302

1603

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M4000	AMD Radeon R9 270
PassMark - G3D Mark	6673	4306
PassMark - G2D Mark	673	567
Geekbench - OpenCL	18372	74175
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.548	55.721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	732.046	1282.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.453	5.927
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.725	93.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	217.357	261.843
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6291	3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332	3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6291	3448
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332	3347
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302	1603

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M4000	AMD Radeon R9 270
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Curacao
Launch date	29 June 2015	13 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	$179
Place in performance rating	523	520
Price now	$765.93
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.68
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	773 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops	2,368 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1664	1280
Texture fill rate	80.39 GTexel / s	74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	2,800 million
Boost clock speed		925 MHz
Stream Processors		1280
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays	4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	210 mm
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		179.2 GB/s
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)