Quadro M3000M vs Quadro M4000M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro M4000M and Quadro M3000M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

M4000M
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
15.96
+9.1%

M4000M outperforms M3000M by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking338359
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.9413.37
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGM204GM204
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date18 August 2015 (9 years ago)18 August 2015 (9 years ago)

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 cores1,2801,024
Core clock speed975 MHz1050 MHz
Boost clock speed1013 MHzno data
Number of transistors5,200 million5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate78.0067.20
Floating-point processing power2.496 TFLOPS2.15 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs8064

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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1253 MHz1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s160 GB/s
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 outputsNo outputs
Display Port1.21.2

Supported technologies

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

Optimus++
3D Vision Pro++
Mosaic++
nView Display Management++
Optimus++

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.54.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan++
CUDA5.25.2

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.

M4000M 15.96
+9.1%
M3000M 14.63

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.

M4000M 6148
+9.1%
M3000M 5636

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.

M4000M 10259
+23.8%
M3000M 8289

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

M4000M 7723
+18.2%
M3000M 6537

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

M4000M 49204
+10.3%
M3000M 44603

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.

M4000M 19892
+19.9%
M3000M 16588

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

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 Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

M4000M 21133
+26.2%
M3000M 16742

Octane Render OctaneBench

This is a special benchmark measuring graphics card performance in OctaneRender, which is a realistic GPU rendering engine by OTOY Inc., available either as a standalone program, or as a plugin for 3DS Max, Cinema 4D and many other apps. It renders four different static scenes, then compares render times with a reference GPU which is currently GeForce GTX 980. This benchmark has nothing to do with gaming and is aimed at professional 3D graphics artists.

M4000M 53
+17.8%
M3000M 45

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

M4000M 56
+10.7%
M3000M 50

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

M4000M 89
+4.5%
M3000M 85

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

M4000M 110
+111%
M3000M 52

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

M4000M 80
+3.4%
M3000M 77

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

M4000M 68
+5.6%
M3000M 65

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

M4000M 27
+23.6%
M3000M 22

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

M4000M 45
+11.8%
M3000M 40

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

M4000M 7
+35.4%
M3000M 5

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

M4000M 45
+11.8%
M3000M 40

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

M4000M 56
+10.7%
M3000M 50

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

M4000M 80
+3.2%
M3000M 77

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

M4000M 89
+4.5%
M3000M 85

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

M4000M 110
+111%
M3000M 52

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

M4000M 68
+5.4%
M3000M 65

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

M4000M 27
+23.6%
M3000M 22

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

M4000M 6.5
+35.4%
M3000M 4.8

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 HD68
+11.5%
61
−11.5%
4K27−30
+0%
27
+0%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+13.6%
21−24
−13.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+9.1%
30−35
−9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+13%
21−24
−13%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+13%
45−50
−13%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+10.3%
27−30
−10.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+13.6%
21−24
−13.6%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+15.2%
30−35
−15.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+12.8%
35−40
−12.8%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+10.8%
90−95
−10.8%
Hitman 3 30−35
+14.8%
27−30
−14.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+11%
70−75
−11%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+14.6%
45−50
−14.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+12.8%
35−40
−12.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+10.6%
45−50
−10.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+6.6%
75−80
−6.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+9.1%
30−35
−9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+13%
21−24
−13%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+13%
45−50
−13%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+10.3%
27−30
−10.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+13.6%
21−24
−13.6%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+15.2%
30−35
−15.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+12.8%
35−40
−12.8%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+10.8%
90−95
−10.8%
Hitman 3 30−35
+14.8%
27−30
−14.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+11%
70−75
−11%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+14.6%
45−50
−14.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+12.8%
35−40
−12.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+10.6%
45−50
−10.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
−137%
90
+137%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+6.6%
75−80
−6.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+9.1%
30−35
−9.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+13%
21−24
−13%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+10.3%
27−30
−10.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+13.6%
21−24
−13.6%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+15.2%
30−35
−15.2%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+10.8%
90−95
−10.8%
Hitman 3 30−35
+14.8%
27−30
−14.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+11%
70−75
−11%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+10.6%
45−50
−10.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+72.7%
22
−72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+6.6%
75−80
−6.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+12.8%
35−40
−12.8%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+10.7%
27−30
−10.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+13.6%
21−24
−13.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+18.2%
10−12
−18.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+28.6%
7−8
−28.6%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+11.8%
16−18
−11.8%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
+14.9%
70−75
−14.9%
Hitman 3 18−20
+11.8%
16−18
−11.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+13.8%
27−30
−13.8%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+16%
24−27
−16%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
+20%
24−27
−20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
+11.4%
85−90
−11.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+13%
21−24
−13%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+9.1%
10−12
−9.1%
Hitman 3 12−14
+20%
10−11
−20%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+14.1%
70−75
−14.1%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+7.1%
14
−7.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
Far Cry 5 9−10
+12.5%
8−9
−12.5%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+15.8%
18−20
−15.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+14.3%
14−16
−14.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+7.7%
12−14
−7.7%

This is how M4000M and M3000M compete in popular games:

  • M4000M is 11% faster in 1080p
  • A tie in 4K

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the M4000M is 73% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the M3000M is 137% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • M4000M is ahead in 70 tests (97%)
  • M3000M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (1%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.96 14.63
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

M4000M has a 9.1% higher aggregate performance score.

M3000M, on the other hand, has 33.3% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Quadro M4000M and Quadro M3000M.


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