NVIDIA Quadro M4000M vs AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000M and AMD Radeon HD 8970M 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 8970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1013 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
Around 8% better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6141 vs 3876
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 81.104 vs 57.241
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1235.338 vs 1223.742
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.157 vs 5.78
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7602 vs 2521
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3093 vs 2595
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7602 vs 2521
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3093 vs 2595

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 14 May 2013
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1013 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 72 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops vs 2,304 gflops
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6141 vs 3876
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	81.104 vs 57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.338 vs 1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.157 vs 5.78
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7602 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3093 vs 2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7602 vs 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3093 vs 2595

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8970M

Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 408
Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 20899 vs 19918
Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 89.306 vs 68.443
Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 268.643 vs 251.464
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 2749
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 2749

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	807 vs 408
Geekbench - OpenCL	20899 vs 19918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	89.306 vs 68.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	268.643 vs 251.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688 vs 2749
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688 vs 2749

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8970M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6141

3876

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

408

807

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19918

20899

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

81.104

57.241

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1235.338

1223.742

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.157

5.78

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

68.443

89.306

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

251.464

268.643

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7602

2521

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2749

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3093

2595

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7602

2521

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2749

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3093

2595

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M4000M	AMD Radeon HD 8970M
PassMark - G3D Mark	6141	3876
PassMark - G2D Mark	408	807
Geekbench - OpenCL	19918	20899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	81.104	57.241
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.338	1223.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.157	5.78
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	68.443	89.306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	251.464	268.643
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7602	2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2749	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3093	2595
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7602	2521
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2749	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3093	2595
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M4000M	AMD Radeon HD 8970M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM204	Neptune
Launch date	18 August 2015	14 May 2013
Place in performance rating	562	554
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1013 MHz	850 MHz
Core clock speed	975 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1,280	1280
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	2,800 million
Compute units		20
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
PowerTune
ZeroCore