Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile vs Quadro M4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M4000 with GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile, including specs and performance data.

Quadro M4000
2015
8 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
17.29
+37%

M4000 outperforms Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking313390
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.46no data
Power efficiency10.29no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM204no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date29 June 2015 (9 years ago)April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$791 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 cores1664768
Core clock speed773 MHz1366 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1442 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate80.39no data
Floating-point processing power2.573 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs104no data

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 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Width1" (2.5 cm)no data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount8 GB3 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1752 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 192 GB/s84 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 DisplayPortno data
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Syncno data
G-SYNC support-+

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
High-Performance Video I/O6+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data
Multi-Projectionno data+
Multi Monitorno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12no data
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126+
CUDA5.2-

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 17.29 12.62
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 3 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm

Quadro M4000 has a 37% higher aggregate performance score, and a 272966.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile, on the other hand, has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro M4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M4000 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook one.


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