Quadro 4000M vs Quadro FX 5800

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 4000M and Quadro FX 5800, 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 Quadro FX 5800, 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 Quadro FX 5800
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 189 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • Quadro FX 5800 has 89% more power consumption, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Quadro 4000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Quadro FX 5800 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro FX 5800 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Quadro 4000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Quadro FX 5800 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 4000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Quadro FX 5800 - with Tesla 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro FX 5800 is 135 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Quadro 4000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro FX 5800 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro FX 5800 is 400 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 3−4
ultra / 1080p 1−2 1−2
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 14−16
medium / 1080p 5−6 5−6
Quadro 4000M and Quadro FX 5800 have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro 4000M Quadro FX 5800
Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name Fermi GT200B
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 22 February 2011 11 November 2008
Pipelines 336 240
Core clock speed 475 MHz 610 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 26.60 48.80
Floating-point performance 638.4 gflops 622.1 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 5.1 4.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1 1.3
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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