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.

 

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 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6186 vs 3876
  • Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19212 vs 18661
  • 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 6186 vs 3876
Geekbench - OpenCL 19212 vs 18661
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 94% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 807 vs 417
  • 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 417
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
6186
3876
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
417
807
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19212
18661
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 6186 3876
PassMark - G2D Mark 417 807
Geekbench - OpenCL 19212 18661
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 552 546
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