NVIDIA Quadro M4000M vs AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000M and AMD Radeon HD 7550M 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 M4000M

AMD Radeon HD 7550M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 450 MHz
Around 84% higher boost clock speed: 1013 MHz vs 550 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 1,280 vs 400
5.2x better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
13.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6119 vs 465
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 406 vs 403
3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19892 vs 5371

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 7 January 2012
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1013 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 12 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1,280 vs 400
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops vs 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6119 vs 465
PassMark - G2D Mark	406 vs 403
Geekbench - OpenCL	19892 vs 5371

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7550M

7.1x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7550M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6119

465

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

406

403

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19892

5371

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M4000M	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
PassMark - G3D Mark	6119	465
PassMark - G2D Mark	406	403
Geekbench - OpenCL	19892	5371
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	81.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	68.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	251.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7602
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2749
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3093
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7602
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2749
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3093
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M4000M	AMD Radeon HD 7550M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM204	Thames
Launch date	18 August 2015	7 January 2012
Place in performance rating	564	561
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1013 MHz	550 MHz
Core clock speed	975 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	1,280	400
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5 / DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus