Quadro 4000M vs Radeon HD 6790

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 6790. 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 4000M and Radeon HD 6790. 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 4000M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro 4000M 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 4000M here:

Main Specs

  Quadro 4000M Radeon HD 6790
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6790 has 50% more power consumption, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Quadro 4000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 6790 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro 4000M has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Quadro 4000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6790 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro 4000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6790 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6790 is 365 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.
  • Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 6790 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro 4000M is 150 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6790.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 7−8
ultra / 1080p 1−2 4−5
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 18−20
medium / 1080p 5−6 9−10
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6790 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 66% more, than Quadro 4000M.

Full Specs

  Quadro 4000M Radeon HD 6790
Architecture Fermi Terascale 2
Code name Fermi Barts
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 22 February 2011 4 April 2011
Pipelines 336 800
Core clock speed 475 MHz 840 MHz
Transistor count 1,950 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 26.60 33.60
Floating-point performance 638.4 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Length 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.1
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s 122 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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