NVIDIA Quadro M4000M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M4000M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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 10 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 924 MHz
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2500 MHz
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6186 vs 5722
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 417 vs 391
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19159 vs 18376
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 81.104 vs 59.428
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1235.338 vs 1113.788
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 6.157 vs 4.157
  • Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 68.443 vs 39.101
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 251.464 vs 81.909
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 August 2015 vs 7 October 2014
Core clock speed 975 MHz vs 924 MHz
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 6186 vs 5722
PassMark - G2D Mark 417 vs 391
Geekbench - OpenCL 19159 vs 18376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 81.104 vs 59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1235.338 vs 1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.157 vs 4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 68.443 vs 39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 251.464 vs 81.909

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1038 MHz vs 1013 MHz
  • Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 83.04 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
  • Around 6% better floating-point performance: 2,657 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
  • Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 81 Watt vs 100 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 7602
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2749
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3342 vs 3093
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 7602
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 2749
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3342 vs 3093
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1038 MHz vs 1013 MHz
Texture fill rate 83.04 GTexel / s vs 78 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 2,657 gflops vs 2,496 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 81 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8546 vs 7602
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3699 vs 2749
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 3093
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8546 vs 7602
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3699 vs 2749
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 3093

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M4000M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6186
5722
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
417
391
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
19159
18376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
81.104
59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1235.338
1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6.157
4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
68.443
39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
251.464
81.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7602
8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2749
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3093
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7602
8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2749
3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3093
3342
Name NVIDIA Quadro M4000M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
PassMark - G3D Mark 6186 5722
PassMark - G2D Mark 417 391
Geekbench - OpenCL 19159 18376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 81.104 59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1235.338 1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 6.157 4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 68.443 39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 251.464 81.909
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7602 8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2749 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3093 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7602 8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2749 3699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3093 3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 2283

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M4000M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Maxwell 2.0
Code name GM204 GM204
Launch date 18 August 2015 7 October 2014
Place in performance rating 552 548
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $2,560.89
Price now $1,899
Value for money (0-100) 3.99

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1013 MHz 1038 MHz
Core clock speed 975 MHz 924 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops 2,657 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1,280 1280
Texture fill rate 78 GTexel / s 83.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 81 Watt
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,200 million
CUDA cores 1280

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Display Port 1.2
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support 1

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size large large
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options 1

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Shader Model 5.0
Vulkan
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 160 GB / s 120 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
SLI