Quadro M4000 vs Radeon R7 260X

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M4000 and Radeon R7 260X. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Quadro M4000 and Radeon R7 260X. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon R7 260X
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 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro M4000 has 4% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 260X.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M4000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 260X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M4000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 260X - with GCN 2.0.
  • Quadro M4000 and Radeon R7 260X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro M4000 is 71 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260X.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 16−18
ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
QHD / 1440p 16−18 4−5
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 125% more, than Radeon R7 260X.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon R7 260X
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name GM204 Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 29 June 2015 8 October 2013
Pipelines 1664 896
Core clock speed 773 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 80.39 61.60
Floating-point performance 2,573 gflops 1,971 gflops
Length 241 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 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 225 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.16 Mh/s
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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