NVIDIA Quadro M4000 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M 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 Quadro FX 3500M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 773 MHz vs 575 MHz
5.8x more texture fill rate: 80.39 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
69.3x more pipelines: 1664 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
5x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
21.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6670 vs 306
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 670 vs 309

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2015 vs 1 March 2007
Core clock speed	773 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	80.39 GTexel / s vs 13.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1664 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6670 vs 306
PassMark - G2D Mark	670 vs 309

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

2.7x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6670

306

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

670

309

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M4000	NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
PassMark - G3D Mark	6670	306
PassMark - G2D Mark	670	309
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 Quadro FX 3500M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM204	G71
Launch date	29 June 2015	1 March 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	$99.99
Place in performance rating	520	517
Price now	$765.93	$99.99
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	10.68	3.97
Technical info
Core clock speed	773 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,573 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1664	24
Texture fill rate	80.39 GTexel / s	13.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		575 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort, DP DP DP DP 3-pin Stereo	No outputs
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync
Number of simultaneous displays	4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-III
Length	241 mm
SLI options	1
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
Width	1" (2.5 cm)
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	700 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	256
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
High-Performance Video I/O6
Mosaic
nView Desktop Management