Radeon 680M vs Quadro 4000M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro 4000M with Radeon 680M, including specs and performance data.

Quadro 4000M
2011
2 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
3.37

680M outperforms 4000M by a whopping 374% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking728333
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.32no data
Power efficiency2.4122.83
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF104Rembrandt+
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date22 February 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores336768
Core clock speed475 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2200 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 million13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate26.60105.6
Floating-point processing power0.6384 TFLOPS3.379 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs5648
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed625 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth80 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.1-

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.

Quadro 4000M 3.37
Radeon 680M 15.98
+374%

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.

Quadro 4000M 1302
Radeon 680M 6166
+374%

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
Radeon 680M 10371
+396%

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
Radeon 680M 34600
+223%

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 HD71
+91.9%
37
−91.9%
1440p3−4
−500%
18
+500%
4K2−3
−450%
11
+450%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−550%
39
+550%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−290%
35−40
+290%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1800%
38
+1800%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−714%
55−60
+714%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−338%
35−40
+338%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−383%
29
+383%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−486%
40−45
+486%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−422%
45−50
+422%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−479%
110−120
+479%
Hitman 3 8−9
−300%
32
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−258%
85−90
+258%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−1100%
60−65
+1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−488%
45−50
+488%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−338%
55−60
+338%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−113%
85−90
+113%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−290%
35−40
+290%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1450%
31
+1450%
Battlefield 5 7−8
−714%
55−60
+714%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−338%
35−40
+338%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−250%
21
+250%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−486%
40−45
+486%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−422%
45−50
+422%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−479%
110−120
+479%
Hitman 3 8−9
−275%
30
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−258%
85−90
+258%
Metro Exodus 5−6
−1100%
60−65
+1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−488%
45−50
+488%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−262%
47
+262%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−167%
40−45
+167%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−113%
85−90
+113%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−290%
35−40
+290%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−1250%
27
+1250%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
−338%
35−40
+338%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−183%
17
+183%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−486%
40−45
+486%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−479%
110−120
+479%
Hitman 3 8−9
−238%
27
+238%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
−79.2%
43
+79.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−208%
40
+208%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−60%
24
+60%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+122%
18
−122%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 8−9
−488%
45−50
+488%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
−450%
30−35
+450%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−850%
18−20
+850%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−450%
11
+450%
Far Cry 5 4−5
−400%
20−22
+400%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 90−95
Hitman 3 8−9
−150%
20−22
+150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−338%
35−40
+338%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−750%
17
+750%
Watch Dogs: Legion 20−22
−425%
100−110
+425%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−314%
27−30
+314%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−750%
16−18
+750%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−550%
12−14
+550%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 4
Far Cry 5 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−2300%
24−27
+2300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−275%
14−16
+275%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27
+0%
27
+0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
+0%
13
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14
+0%
14
+0%

This is how Quadro 4000M and Radeon 680M compete in popular games:

  • Quadro 4000M is 92% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 680M is 500% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon 680M is 450% faster in 4K

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro 4000M is 122% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 680M is 2300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Quadro 4000M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • Radeon 680M is ahead in 61 test (87%)
  • there's a draw in 8 tests (11%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.37 15.98
Recency 22 February 2011 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 50 Watt

Radeon 680M has a 374.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 680M is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 4000M in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro 4000M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon 680M is a desktop one.


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