Quadro M4000 vs Radeon R7 260

In this comparison between Quadro M4000 and Radeon R7 260 you will find out which graphics card performs better in today's games. Bear in mind that third-party versions may have more efficient cooling and higher clock speeds. This will increase cards' performance, though not by much. In addition to raw power you should also take into account the dimensions. Thicker models simply will not fit into a small mini-ITX case. The resolution of your monitor also affects the choice, since 4K gameplay requires a more powerful GPU. And don't overspend on the graphics card. Other parts of your build may also need to be upgraded, save some money for the CPU or power supply. For some people Quadro M4000 will be the best choice, for others Radeon R7 260 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon R7 260
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro M4000 has 4% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 260.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M4000 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 260.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M4000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 260 - with GCN 2.0.
  • Quadro M4000 and Radeon R7 260 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro M4000 is 71 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 4383 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 8−9
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon R7 260.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon R7 260
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name GM204 Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 29 June 2015 17 December 2013
Pipelines 1664 768
Core clock speed 773 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 80.39 48.00
Floating-point performance 2,573 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 241 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan +
CUDA 5.2
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 299 Mh/s 240 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
DDMA audio +
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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