FirePro W4000 vs Quadro P4000 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking245not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency15.69no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGP104Pitcairn
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)7 August 2012 (12 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 cores1792768
Core clock speed1114 MHz825 MHz
Boost clock speed1228 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate137.539.60
Floating-point processing power4.401 TFLOPS1.267 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs11248

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 sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data183 mm
Widthno data1-slot
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 amount8 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.3 GB/s102.4 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 outputs1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.45.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.2.131
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 7 August 2012
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

P4000 Max-Q has an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

FirePro W4000, on the other hand, has 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P4000 Max-Q and FirePro W4000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P4000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while FirePro W4000 is a workstation one.


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