GeForce GTX 590 vs Quadro M4000

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 590 and Quadro M4000, 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 590 stacks up against Quadro M4000, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Quadro M4000
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 120 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 8 GB
Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 590 has 204% more power consumption, than Quadro M4000.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Quadro M4000 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 590 has 3064 GB more memory, than Quadro M4000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is build with Fermi architecture, and Quadro M4000 - with Maxwell 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce GTX 590 is 442 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000.
  • GeForce GTX 590 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro M4000 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro M4000 is 230 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 590.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 4301 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 590.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 35−40
ultra / 1080p 10−11 21−24
QHD / 1440p 4−5 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 35−40 60−65
medium / 1080p 21−24 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than GeForce GTX 590.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 590 Quadro M4000
Architecture Fermi Maxwell 2.0
Code name GF110 GM204
Type Desktop Workstation
Release date 24 March 2011 29 June 2015
Pipelines 1024 1664
Core clock speed 1215 MHz 773 MHz
Transistor count 3,000 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec 80.39
Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops 2,573 gflops
Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm) 241 mm
Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12
Shader Model 5.1 5
OpenGL 4.2 4.5
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA + 5.2
CUDA cores 1024
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options + +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
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3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
Width 1" (2.5 cm)
Number of simultaneous displays 4
nView Desktop Management +
Multi-display synchronization Quadro Sync
High-Performance Video I/O6 +
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