Quadro M4000 vs Quadro M5000M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M4000 and Quadro M5000M, 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 M4000 stacks up against Quadro M5000M, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M5000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro M5000M 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 M5000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000 Quadro M5000M
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort No outputs
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  • Quadro M4000 has 20% more power consumption, than Quadro M5000M.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M4000 and Quadro M5000M have maximum RAM of 8 GB.
  • Quadro M4000 is used in Desktops, and Quadro M5000M - in Mobile workstations.
  • Quadro M4000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Quadro M5000M - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M5000M is 189 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000.
  • Quadro M4000 and Quadro M5000M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 1008 MHz higher, than Quadro M5000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 35−40
ultra / 1080p 21−24 21−24
QHD / 1440p 16−18 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 60−65
medium / 1080p 40−45 40−45
Quadro M4000 and Quadro M5000M have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000 Quadro M5000M
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Maxwell
Code name GM204 GM204
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 29 June 2015 2 October 2015
Pipelines 1664 1,536
Core clock speed 773 MHz 962 MHz
Boost Clock 1051 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 80.39 93.60
Floating-point performance 2,573 gflops 2,995 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12
Shader Model 5 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan + 1.1.126
CUDA 5.2 5.2
SLI options +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 299 Mh/s 366 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro + +
Mosaic + +
nView Display Management +
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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