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    Quadro 4000M vs Radeon R9 280

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro 4000M and Radeon R9 280. 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 R9 280. 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.
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    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:

    Quadro 4000M Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro 4000M Radeon R9 280
    Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 200 Watt
    Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
    Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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    • Radeon R9 280 has 100% more power consumption, than Quadro 4000M.
    • Quadro 4000M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon R9 280 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
    • Radeon R9 280 has 1 GB more memory, than Quadro 4000M.
    • Quadro 4000M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 280 - in Desktops.
    • Quadro 4000M is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R9 280 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Quadro 4000M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 280 - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon R9 280 is 50 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000M.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 3−4 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 1−2 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 14−16 60−65
    medium / 1080p 5−6 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon R9 280 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 583% more, than Quadro 4000M.

    Full Specs

      Quadro 4000M Radeon R9 280
    Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
    Code name Fermi Tahiti
    Type Mobile workstation Desktop
    Release date 22 February 2011 4 March 2014
    Pipelines 336 1792
    Core clock speed 475 MHz
    Boost Clock 933 MHz
    Transistor count 1,950 million 4,313 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 26.60 104.5
    Floating-point performance 638.4 gflops 3,344 gflops
    Length 275 mm
    Memory bus width 256 Bit 384 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 1250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 80 GB/s 240 GB/s
    Shared memory -
    DirectX 12 (11_0)
    Shader Model 5.1 5.1
    OpenGL 4.6 4.6
    OpenCL 1.1 1.2
    Vulkan N/A +
    CUDA 2.1
    FreeSync +
    Bus support PCIe 3.0
    HDMI +
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 82 Mh/s 408 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
    Eyefinity +
    HD3D +
    TrueAudio +
    Design reference
    CrossFire +
    DDMA audio +
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