NVIDIA Quadro M4000M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000M and NVIDIA GeForce 6500 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 400 MHz
48.8x more texture fill rate: 78 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
7.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 666 MHz
162.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6186 vs 38
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 417 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 August 2015 vs 1 October 2005
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 400 MHz
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s vs 1.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6186 vs 38
PassMark - G2D Mark	417 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6186

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

417

300

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M4000M	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
PassMark - G3D Mark	6186	38
PassMark - G2D Mark	417	300
Geekbench - OpenCL	19212
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6500
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0	Curie
Code name	GM204	NV44 A2
Launch date	18 August 2015	1 October 2005
Place in performance rating	552	547
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1013 MHz
Core clock speed	975 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,496 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	1,280
Texture fill rate	78 GTexel / s	1.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	5,200 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Display Port	1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Shader Model	5.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160 GB / s	10.66 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus