Quadro M4000M vs Radeon RX 480 mobile

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M4000M and Radeon RX 480 mobile. 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 M4000M and Radeon RX 480 mobile. 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.

Quadro M4000M and Radeon RX 480 mobile are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro M4000M and Radeon RX 480 mobile 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 Radeon RX 480 mobile here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000M Radeon RX 480 mobile
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 100 Watt.
  • Quadro M4000M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 480 mobile uses MXM-B (3.0) interface.
  • Radeon RX 480 mobile has 4 GB more memory, than Quadro M4000M.
  • Quadro M4000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M4000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - with Polaris.
  • Quadro M4000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 480 mobile - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 480 mobile is 2988 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 12−14
ultra / 1080p 21−24 7−8
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 27−30
medium / 1080p 40−45 14−16
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 156% more, than Radeon RX 480 mobile.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000M Radeon RX 480 mobile
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name GM204 Polaris
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 2 October 2015 1 August 2016
Pipelines 1,280 2304
Core clock speed 975 MHz
Boost Clock 1013 MHz 1077 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 78.00 155.1
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops 4,963 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 8000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 256.0 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.2
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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