Quadro K4000 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 Ti with Quadro K4000, including specs and performance data.

GTX 1080 Ti
2017
11 GB GDDR5X, 250 Watt
46.13
+582%

GTX 1080 Ti outperforms K4000 by a whopping 582% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking70556
Place by popularity38not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.480.61
Power efficiency13.316.09
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameGP102GK106
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date10 March 2017 (7 years ago)1 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $1,269

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1080 Ti has 3257% better value for money than Quadro K4000.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3584768
Core clock speed1481 MHz810 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHzno data
Number of transistors11,800 million2,540 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt80 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.451.84
Floating-point processing power11.34 TFLOPS1.244 TFLOPS
ROPs8824
TMUs22464

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length267 mm241 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 6-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount11 GB3 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1404 MHz
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/s134.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan++
CUDA+3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 Ti 46.13
+582%
Quadro K4000 6.76

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1080 Ti 18579
+582%
Quadro K4000 2723

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GTX 1080 Ti 67676
+914%
Quadro K4000 6673

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GTX 1080 Ti 85263
+1140%
Quadro K4000 6875

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GTX 1080 Ti 55161
+959%
Quadro K4000 5210

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD131
+628%
18−20
−628%
1440p84
+600%
12−14
−600%
4K70
+600%
10−12
−600%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.34
+1221%
70.50
−1221%
1440p8.32
+1171%
105.75
−1171%
4K9.99
+1171%
126.90
−1171%
  • GTX 1080 Ti has 1221% lower cost per frame in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 Ti has 1171% lower cost per frame in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 Ti has 1171% lower cost per frame in 4K

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+664%
14−16
−664%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+657%
14−16
−657%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 82
+583%
12−14
−583%
Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+664%
14−16
−664%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+657%
14−16
−657%
Forza Horizon 4 247
+606%
35−40
−606%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+663%
16−18
−663%
Metro Exodus 104
+643%
14−16
−643%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
+658%
12−14
−658%
Valorant 200−210
+641%
27−30
−641%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 149
+610%
21−24
−610%
Counter-Strike 2 100−110
+664%
14−16
−664%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+657%
14−16
−657%
Dota 2 124
+589%
18−20
−589%
Far Cry 5 86
+617%
12−14
−617%
Fortnite 190−200
+633%
27−30
−633%
Forza Horizon 4 196
+626%
27−30
−626%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+663%
16−18
−663%
Grand Theft Auto V 120
+650%
16−18
−650%
Metro Exodus 86
+617%
12−14
−617%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 229
+663%
30−33
−663%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65
+622%
9−10
−622%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85
+608%
12−14
−608%
Valorant 123
+583%
18−20
−583%
World of Tanks 270−280
+598%
40−45
−598%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 74
+640%
10−11
−640%
Counter-Strike 2 60
+650%
8−9
−650%
Cyberpunk 2077 28
+600%
4−5
−600%
Dota 2 125
+594%
18−20
−594%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+671%
14−16
−671%
Forza Horizon 4 167
+596%
24−27
−596%
Forza Horizon 5 120−130
+663%
16−18
−663%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 109
+679%
14−16
−679%
Valorant 179
+646%
24−27
−646%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 84
+600%
12−14
−600%
Grand Theft Auto V 84
+600%
12−14
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+671%
21−24
−671%
Red Dead Redemption 2 41
+583%
6−7
−583%
World of Tanks 300−350
+584%
45−50
−584%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 72
+620%
10−11
−620%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+800%
2−3
−800%
Far Cry 5 150−160
+624%
21−24
−624%
Forza Horizon 4 123
+583%
18−20
−583%
Forza Horizon 5 80−85
+592%
12−14
−592%
Metro Exodus 88
+633%
12−14
−633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90−95
+667%
12−14
−667%
Valorant 131
+628%
18−20
−628%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 24−27
+733%
3−4
−733%
Dota 2 98
+600%
14−16
−600%
Grand Theft Auto V 98
+600%
14−16
−600%
Metro Exodus 35
+600%
5−6
−600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 132
+633%
18−20
−633%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27
+800%
3−4
−800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
+600%
14−16
−600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 52
+643%
7−8
−643%
Counter-Strike 2 8
+700%
1−2
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 8
+700%
1−2
−700%
Dota 2 125
+594%
18−20
−594%
Far Cry 5 77
+670%
10−11
−670%
Fortnite 65
+622%
9−10
−622%
Forza Horizon 4 72
+620%
10−11
−620%
Forza Horizon 5 45−50
+600%
7−8
−600%
Valorant 68
+656%
9−10
−656%

This is how GTX 1080 Ti and Quadro K4000 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 Ti is 628% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 Ti is 600% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 1080 Ti is 600% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 46.13 6.76
Recency 10 March 2017 1 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 3 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 80 Watt

GTX 1080 Ti has a 582.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 266.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

Quadro K4000, on the other hand, has 212.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is a desktop card while Quadro K4000 is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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