Quadro M4000 vs Radeon HD 6790

In this comparison between Quadro M4000 and Radeon HD 6790 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 HD 6790 will be their preference. Study the comparison tables below and make your choice.

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon HD 6790
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin 2x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6790 has 25% more power consumption, than Quadro M4000.
  • Quadro M4000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6790 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M4000 has 7 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M4000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6790 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6790 is 67 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000.
  • Quadro M4000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6790 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Quadro M4000 is 43 mm longer, than Radeon HD 6790.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000 is 4958 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6790.

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 M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 310% more, than Radeon HD 6790.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon HD 6790
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Terascale 2
Code name GM204 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 29 June 2015 4 April 2011
Pipelines 1664 800
Core clock speed 773 MHz 840 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 80.39 33.60
Floating-point performance 2,573 gflops 1,344.0 gflops
Length 241 mm 198 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory bandwidth 134.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan + N/A
CUDA 5.2
SLI options +
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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 +
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