Quadro 4000 vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 4000 and Radeon RX 480 mobile, 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 Quadro 4000 stacks up against Radeon RX 480 mobile, check out specs charts below.

Radeon RX 480 mobile is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon RX 480 mobile is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 4000 Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 142 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro 4000 has 42% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.
  • Quadro 4000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 6 GB more memory, than Quadro 4000.
  • Quadro 4000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Quadro 4000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Quadro 4000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 5192 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 12−14
ultra / 1080p 4−5 7−8
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 16−18 27−30
medium / 1080p 8−9 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX 480 mobile in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 77% more, than Quadro 4000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 4000 Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture Fermi Polaris
Code name GF100 Polaris
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 2 November 2010 1 August 2016
Pipelines 256 2304
Core clock speed 475 MHz
Boost Clock 1077 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 15.20 155.1
Floating-point performance 486.4 gflops 4,963 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2808 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.86 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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