Radeon RX 480 Mobile vs Quadro P4000 Mobile
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 266 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 7.92 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 14.23 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | GP104 | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 11 January 2017 (7 years ago) | 4 August 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $819.61 | $450 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 cores | 1792 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 1227 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1228 MHz | 1077 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 137.4 | 155.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.398 TFLOPS | 4.963 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 112 | 144 |
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 size | large | large |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | MXM-B (3.0) |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 256.0 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
| Display Port | 1.4 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | - |
| 3D Stereo | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| nView Display Management | + | no data |
| Optimus | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 January 2017 | 4 August 2016 |
| Chip lithography | 16 nm | 14 nm |
P4000 Mobile has an age advantage of 5 months.
RX 480 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro P4000 Mobile and Radeon RX 480 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro P4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX 480 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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