GeForce4 MX 4000 PCI vs Quadro M4000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking316not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.66no data
Power efficiency9.89no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code nameGM204NV18 C1
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date29 June 2015 (9 years ago)14 December 2003 (21 year 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 cores1664no data
Core clock speed773 MHz250 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million29 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattno data
Texture fill rate80.391.000
Floating-point processing power2.573 TFLOPSno data
ROPs642
TMUs1044

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 x16PCI
Length241 mmno data
Width1" (2.5 cm)1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone
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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount8 GB128 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz166 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 192 GB/s2.656 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, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Number of simultaneous displays4no data
Multi-display synchronizationQuadro Syncno 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
High-Performance Video I/O6+no data
nView Desktop Management+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX128.0
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.51.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 June 2015 14 December 2003
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 150 nm

Quadro M4000 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 435.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M4000 and GeForce4 MX 4000 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M4000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce4 MX 4000 PCI is a desktop one.


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