Quadro M4000M vs Quadro P400

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M4000M and Quadro P400, 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 P400, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M4000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro M4000M is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000M Quadro P400
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 30 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 3x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Quadro M4000M has 233% more power consumption, than Quadro P400.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro M4000M has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P400.
  • Quadro M4000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Quadro P400 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M4000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Quadro P400 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P400 is 253 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000M.
  • Quadro M4000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P400 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000M is 1004 MHz higher, than Quadro P400.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 7−8
ultra / 1080p 21−24 4−5
QHD / 1440p 16−18 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 18−20
medium / 1080p 40−45 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Quadro P400.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000M Quadro P400
Architecture Maxwell Pascal
Code name GM204 GP107
Type Mobile workstation Workstation
Release date 2 October 2015 7 February 2017
Pipelines 1,280 256
Core clock speed 975 MHz 1228 MHz
Boost Clock 1013 MHz 1252 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 78.00 20.03
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops 679.9 gflops
Length 145 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 4008 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 32.06 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 12 (12_1)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 5.2 6.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 251 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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