Quadro 4000M vs Radeon HD 7850

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 7850, 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 4000M stacks up against Radeon HD 7850, check out specs charts below.

Quadro 4000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 4000M 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 Quadro 4000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 4000M Radeon HD 7850
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 225 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7850 has 125% more power consumption, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Quadro 4000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 7850 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 7850 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro 4000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7850 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 4000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7850 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Quadro 4000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7850 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 7850 is 1200 MHz.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 18−20
ultra / 1080p 1−2 10−12
QHD / 1440p 0−1 5−6
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 35−40
medium / 1080p 5−6 24−27
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7850 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 283% more, than Quadro 4000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 4000M Radeon HD 7850
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name Fermi Pitcairn
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 5 March 2012
Pipelines 336 1024
Core clock speed 475 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 26.60 55.04
Floating-point performance 638.4 gflops 1,761 gflops
Length 210 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A
CUDA 2.1
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s 249 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
Design reference
CrossFire +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 12.5 Mh/s
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