GeForce RTX 3060 Ti vs Quadro 4000M

Place in performance ranking	733	49
Place by popularity	not in top-100	27
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.33	71.27
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Fermi	Ampere GA104
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Release date	22 February 2011 (13 years ago)	1 December 2020 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3060 Ti has 21497% better value for money than Quadro 4000M.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	336	4864
Core clock speed	475 MHz	1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1665 MHz
Number of transistors	1,950 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	220 Watt
Texture fill rate	26.60	253.1
Floating-point performance	0.6384 gflops	16.2 gflops

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	448.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	2.1	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Quadro 4000M 3.38

RTX 3060 Ti 53.17
+1473%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Quadro 4000M 1302

RTX 3060 Ti 20508
+1475%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Quadro 4000M 10722

RTX 3060 Ti 78597
+633%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Quadro 4000M 2092

RTX 3060 Ti 35683
+1606%

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.

Quadro 4000M 5221

RTX 3060 Ti 108986
+1987%

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 HD	71 −103%	144 +103%
1440p	5−6 −1620%	86 +1620%
4K	3−4 −1533%	49 +1533%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−1283%

83
+1283%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1110%	121 +1110%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −4650%	95 +4650%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −2314%	160−170 +2314%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −1188%	100−110 +1188%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1250%	81 +1250%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1400%	100−110 +1400%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −1333%	120−130 +1333%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1047%	210−220 +1047%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1300%	110−120 +1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −758%	200−210 +758%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2880%	140−150 +2880%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1508%	200−210 +1508%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −260%	140−150 +260%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1860%	196 +1860%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −3950%	81 +3950%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −2314%	160−170 +2314%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −1188%	100−110 +1188%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1200%	78 +1200%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1400%	100−110 +1400%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −1333%	120−130 +1333%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1047%	210−220 +1047%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1300%	110−120 +1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −758%	200−210 +758%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −2880%	140−150 +2880%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1275%	110−120 +1275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1377%	192 +1377%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −633%	110−120 +633%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −260%	140−150 +260%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −650%	75 +650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −3600%	74 +3600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −1188%	100−110 +1188%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −1183%	77 +1183%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1400%	100−110 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −811%	173 +811%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1300%	110−120 +1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −483%	140 +483%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −1238%	174 +1238%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −513%	92 +513%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −92.5%	77 +92.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−1275%

110−120
+1275%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −1733%	110−120 +1733%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −1540%	80−85 +1540%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2067%	65 +2067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3050%	60−65 +3050%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2500%	52 +2500%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1450%	60−65 +1450%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	260−270
Hitman 3	8−9 −825%	70−75 +825%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1325%	114 +1325%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −4250%	85−90 +4250%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −1135%	247 +1135%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8

−1200%

90−95
+1200%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2800%	55−60 +2800%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −2350%	45−50 +2350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −2150%	45 +2150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −3900%	40 +3900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −3600%	35−40 +3600%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	25
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1600%	30−35 +1600%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −10200%	103 +10200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −3200%	33 +3200%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1175%

50−55
+1175%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +0%	60 +0%
Metro Exodus	93 +0%	93 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	139 +0%	139 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	57 +0%	57 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	210−220 +0%	210−220 +0%
Metro Exodus	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	77 +0%	77 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how Quadro 4000M and RTX 3060 Ti compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 Ti is 103% faster in 1080p
RTX 3060 Ti is 1620% faster in 1440p
RTX 3060 Ti is 1533% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 Ti is 10200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3060 Ti is ahead in 62 tests (89%)
there's a draw in 8 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.38	53.17
Recency	22 February 2011	1 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	220 Watt

Quadro 4000M has 120% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 Ti, on the other hand, has a 1473.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 4000M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro 4000M is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is a desktop one.

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