FirePro W600 vs Quadro K4000M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W600 and Quadro K4000M, 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 FirePro W600 stacks up against Quadro K4000M, check out specs charts below.

Quadro K4000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro K4000M 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 K4000M here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W600 Quadro K4000M
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 6x mini-DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro K4000M has 33% more power consumption, than FirePro W600.
  • FirePro W600 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro K4000M uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Quadro K4000M has 2 GB more memory, than FirePro W600.
  • FirePro W600 is used in Desktops, and Quadro K4000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro W600 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Quadro K4000M - with Kepler.
  • Core clock speed of FirePro W600 is 150 MHz higher, than Quadro K4000M.
  • FirePro W600 and Quadro K4000M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W600 is 1200 MHz higher, than Quadro K4000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 10−11
ultra / 1080p 5−6 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 18−20 21−24
medium / 1080p 10−11 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 30% more, than FirePro W600.

Full Specs

  FirePro W600 Quadro K4000M
Architecture GCN 1.0 Kepler
Code name Cape Verde N14E-Q3
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 13 June 2012 1 June 2012
Pipelines 512 960
Core clock speed 750 MHz 600 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 3,540 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 24.00 48.08
Floating-point performance 768.0 gflops 1,154 gflops
Length 163 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 2800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 1.1.126
CUDA +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 94 Mh/s 37 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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