GeForce 940A vs Quadro M4000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 940A and Quadro M4000, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce 940A stacks up against Quadro M4000, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce 940A Quadro M4000
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro M4000 has 263% more power consumption, than GeForce 940A.
  • GeForce 940A is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Quadro M4000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M4000 has 7 GB more memory, than GeForce 940A.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce 940A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro M4000 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 940A is 256 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000.
  • GeForce 940A and Quadro M4000 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 4006 MHz higher, than GeForce 940A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 35−40
ultra / 1080p 2−3 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 14−16 60−65
medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than GeForce 940A.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940A Quadro M4000
Architecture Maxwell Maxwell 2.0
Code name GM108 GM204
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 13 March 2015 29 June 2015
Pipelines 384 1664
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 773 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 80.39
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 2,573 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12
Shader Model 5.1 5
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0 5.2
SLI options +
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3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
Multi-display synchronization Quadro Sync
High-Performance Video I/O6 +
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