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    Quadro M4000M vs Quadro M500M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M4000M and Quadro M500M, 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 M4000M stacks up against Quadro M500M, check out specs charts below.
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    Quadro M4000M and Quadro M500M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro M4000M and Quadro M500M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 M4000M or Quadro M500M here:

    Quadro M4000M Laptops
    Quadro M500M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro M4000M Quadro M500M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 30 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
    Supplementary power connectors None None
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
    Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Quadro M4000M has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
    • Quadro M4000M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro M500M uses MXM-A (3.0) interface.
    • Quadro M4000M has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro M500M.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Quadro M4000M and Quadro M500M are build with Maxwell architecture.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro M500M is 54 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000M.
    • Quadro M4000M and Quadro M500M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000M is 1008 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 35−40 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 21−24 −
    QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
    4K / 2160p 10−11 −
    low / 720p 60−65 12−14
    medium / 1080p 40−45 3−4
    The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 550% more, than Quadro M500M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro M4000M Quadro M500M
    Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
    Code name GM204 GM108
    Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
    Release date 2 October 2015 15 December 2015
    Pipelines 1,280 384
    Core clock speed 975 MHz 1029 MHz
    Boost Clock 1013 MHz 1124 MHz
    Transistor count 5,200 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 78.00 17.98
    Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops 863.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4004 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 14.4 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 12
    Shader Model 5.0 5.0
    OpenGL 4.5 4.5
    OpenCL 1.2 1.2
    Vulkan 1.1.126 1.1.126
    CUDA 5.2 5.0
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 251 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
    Optimus + +
    Display Port 1.2
    3D Vision Pro +
    Mosaic +
    nView Display Management + +
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