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    Quadro 4000M vs Radeon HD 8970M

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 8970M, 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 4000M stacks up against Radeon HD 8970M, check out specs charts below.
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    Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 8970M are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro 4000M and Radeon HD 8970M are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon HD 8970M here:

    Quadro 4000M Laptops
    Radeon HD 8970M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro 4000M Radeon HD 8970M
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 100 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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    • Both graphics cards have the same power consumption of 100 Watt.
    • Quadro 4000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon HD 8970M uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon HD 8970M has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 4000M.
    • Quadro 4000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 8970M - in Laptops.
    • Quadro 4000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 8970M - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 375 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.
    • Quadro 4000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 8970M - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 8970M is 3600 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 20−22
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 6−7
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 14−16 35−40
    medium / 1080p 5−6 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 8970M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 300% more, than Quadro 4000M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro 4000M Radeon HD 8970M
    Architecture Fermi GCN
    Code name Fermi Neptune
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 22 February 2011 15 May 2013
    Pipelines 336 1280
    Core clock speed 475 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 900 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million 2,800 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 26.60 72.00
    Floating-point performance 638.4 gflops 2,304 gflops
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 4800 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 153.6 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    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 2.1
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s 273 Mh/s
    Laptop size large large
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