Quadro FX 4000 SDI vs Quadro M2000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking435not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.45no data
Power efficiency9.59no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGM206NV41
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date8 April 2016 (8 years ago)19 April 2004 (20 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$437.75 $4,999

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 cores768no data
Core clock speed796 MHz425 MHz
Boost clock speed1163 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,940 million190 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate55.825.100
Floating-point processing power1.786 TFLOPSno data
ROPs328
TMUs4812

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 1.0 x16
Length201 mm214 mm
Width1" (2.5 cm)2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-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 type128 BitGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB256 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1653 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 106 GB/s32 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort1x DVI, 4x SDI
Number of simultaneous displays4no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX129.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.52.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 April 2016 19 April 2004
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 150 Watt

Quadro M2000 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

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