Quadro M4000 vs Radeon R9 380X

In this comparison between Quadro M4000 and Radeon R9 380X 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 R9 380X will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon R9 380X
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 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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  • Radeon R9 380X has 58% more power consumption, than Quadro M4000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M4000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon R9 380X.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M4000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R9 380X - with GCN 3.0.
  • Quadro M4000 and Radeon R9 380X are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Quadro M4000 is 20 mm longer, than Radeon R9 380X.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 5038 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380X.

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 Radeon R9 380X have the same average FPS in Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon R9 380X
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 3.0
Code name GM204 Antigua
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 29 June 2015 19 November 2015
Pipelines 1664 2048
Core clock speed 773 MHz
Boost Clock 970 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 80.39 124.2
Floating-point performance 2,573 gflops 3,973 gflops
Length 241 mm 221 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s
DirectX 12
Shader Model 5 6.3
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan + +
CUDA 5.2
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.58 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
SLI options +
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 299 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.89 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 20.63 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 175 Sol/s
Compute units 32
Form factor full height / full length
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 +
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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