GeForce GTX 950M vs Quadro 4000M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 950M and Quadro 4000M, 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 GTX 950M stacks up against Quadro 4000M, check out specs charts below.

GeForce GTX 950M and Quadro 4000M are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce GTX 950M and Quadro 4000M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 GeForce GTX 950M or Quadro 4000M here:

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 950M Quadro 4000M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 MXM-B (3.0)
Memory type DDR3 or GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Quadro 4000M has 33% more power consumption, than GeForce GTX 950M.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x8, and Quadro 4000M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • GeForce GTX 950M has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 4000M.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is used in Laptops, and Quadro 4000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro 4000M - with Fermi.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 950M is 439 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.
  • GeForce GTX 950M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro 4000M - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 4000M is 200 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 12−14 3−4
ultra / 1080p 8−9 1−2
QHD / 1440p 2−3 0−1
low / 720p 27−30 14−16
medium / 1080p 16−18 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 950M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 166% more, than Quadro 4000M.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 950M Quadro 4000M
Architecture Maxwell Fermi
Code name N16P-GT Fermi
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Release date 12 March 2015 22 February 2011
Pipelines 640 336
Core clock speed 914 MHz 475 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million 1,950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 44.96 26.60
Floating-point performance 1,439 gflops 638.4 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 or 2500 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 32 or 80 GB/s 80 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA + 2.1
CUDA cores 640
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 140 Mh/s 82 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized large
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support +
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder +
Optimus +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 2.5 Mh/s
GameStream +
GeForce ShadowPlay +
GPU Boost 2.0
GameWorks +
BatteryBoost +
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