Quadro M4000M vs Radeon HD 6990

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M4000M and Radeon HD 6990. 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 HD 6990. 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 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 Radeon HD 6990
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6990 has 275% more power consumption, than Quadro M4000M.
  • Quadro M4000M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 6990 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • Quadro M4000M has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • Quadro M4000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 6990 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M4000M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 6990 - with TeraScale 3.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M4000M is 145 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.
  • Quadro M4000M is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6990 - by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M4000M is 12 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6990.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 14−16
ultra / 1080p 21−24 9−10
QHD / 1440p 16−18 3−4
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 30−35
medium / 1080p 40−45 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 140% more, than Radeon HD 6990.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000M Radeon HD 6990
Architecture Maxwell TeraScale 3
Code name GM204 Antilles
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 2 October 2015 8 March 2011
Pipelines 1,280 1536
Core clock speed 975 MHz 830 MHz
Boost Clock 1013 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 78.00 79.68
Floating-point performance 2,496 gflops 2x 2,549.8 gflops
Length 295 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 5.2
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 251 Mh/s 265 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Optimus +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 24 Mh/s
Display Port 1.2
3D Vision Pro +
Mosaic +
nView Display Management +
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