Quadro 4000 vs Radeon HD 7990

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 4000 and Radeon HD 7990, 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 4000 stacks up against Radeon HD 7990, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro 4000 Radeon HD 7990
Power consumption (TDP) 142 Watt 375 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 7990 has 164% more power consumption, than Quadro 4000.
  • Quadro 4000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon HD 7990 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon HD 7990 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 4000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 4000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 7990 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 475 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000.
  • Quadro 4000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7990 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon HD 7990 is 66 mm longer, than Quadro 4000.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 7990 is 3192 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 6−7 35−40
ultra / 1080p 4−5 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 16−18 60−65
medium / 1080p 8−9 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7990 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than Quadro 4000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 4000 Radeon HD 7990
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF100 Malta
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 2 November 2010 24 April 2013
Pipelines 256 2048
Core clock speed 475 MHz 950 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 15.20 128.0
Floating-point performance 486.4 gflops 2x 4,096 gflops
Length 241 mm 307 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 2808 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.86 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
CUDA 2.0
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