NVIDIA Quadro M4000M vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000M and AMD Radeon R7 260 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 R7 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 63% higher texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 1,280 vs 768
Around 63% better floating-point performance: 2,496 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 115 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1625 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6186 vs 2892
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 81.104 vs 26.189
Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1235.338 vs 798.239
Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.157 vs 4.223
Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 68.443 vs 45.294
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.464 vs 240.395

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 17 December 2013
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1,280 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6186 vs 2892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	81.104 vs 26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.338 vs 798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.157 vs 4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	68.443 vs 45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	251.464 vs 240.395

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1013 MHz
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 417

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1013 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 417

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6186

2892

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

559

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

81.104

26.189

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

1235.338

798.239

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

6.157

4.223

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

68.443

45.294

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

251.464

240.395

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M4000M	AMD Radeon R7 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	6186	2892
PassMark - G2D Mark	417	559
Geekbench - OpenCL	19212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	81.104	26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1235.338	798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	6.157	4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	68.443	45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	251.464	240.395
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 R7 260
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	GM204	Bonaire
Launch date	18 August 2015	17 December 2013
Place in performance rating	552	555
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		44.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1013 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	975 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops	1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1,280	768
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	2,080 million
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Port	1.2
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1625 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync