FirePro W4300 vs Quadro K4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro K4000 and FirePro W4300, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Quadro K4000
2013
3 GB GDDR5, 80 Watt
7.06

W4300 outperforms K4000 by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking552530
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.58no data
Power efficiency6.0510.30
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGK106Bonaire
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date1 March 2013 (11 years ago)1 December 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,269 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 cores768768
Core clock speed810 MHz930 MHz
Number of transistors2,540 million2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate51.8444.64
Floating-point processing power1.244 TFLOPS1.428 TFLOPS
ROPs2416
TMUs6448

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length241 mm171 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1404 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth134.8 GB/s96 GB/s

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 DVI, 2x DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA3.0-

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.

Quadro K4000 7.06
FirePro W4300 7.51
+6.4%

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 K4000 2719
FirePro W4300 2894
+6.4%

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 K4000 6676
FirePro W4300 11008
+64.9%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.06 7.51
Recency 1 March 2013 1 December 2015
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 50 Watt

FirePro W4300 has a 6.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 60% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Quadro K4000 and FirePro W4300.


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