NVIDIA Quadro M4000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000 and NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a 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

NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 773 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
84.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6672 vs 79
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 674 vs 308

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2015 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	773 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6672 vs 79
PassMark - G2D Mark	674 vs 308

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

3x lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6672

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

674

308

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M4000	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
PassMark - G3D Mark	6672	79
PassMark - G2D Mark	674	308
Geekbench - OpenCL	18372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	65.548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	732.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	5.453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	17.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	217.357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6291
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3332
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6291
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3332
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2302

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M4000	NVIDIA GeForce 8100 + nForce 720a
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GM204	C78
Launch date	29 June 2015	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$791
Place in performance rating	524	525
Price now	$765.93
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	10.68
Technical info
Core clock speed	773 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	1664
Texture fill rate	80.39 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	241 mm
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
API support
DirectX	12	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management