Quadro M4000 vs Radeon RX 560

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M4000 and Radeon RX 560, 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 M4000 stacks up against Radeon RX 560, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon RX 560
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Quadro M4000 has 60% more power consumption, than Radeon RX 560.
  • Quadro M4000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon RX 560 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro M4000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon RX 560.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro M4000 is build with Maxwell 2.0 architecture, and Radeon RX 560 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon RX 560 is 402 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000.
  • Quadro M4000 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX 560 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Quadro M4000 is 71 mm longer, than Radeon RX 560.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon RX 560 is 992 MHz higher, than Quadro M4000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 18−20
ultra / 1080p 21−24 10−12
QHD / 1440p 16−18 5−6
4K / 2160p 10−11 4−5
low / 720p 60−65 35−40
medium / 1080p 40−45 21−24
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M4000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 100% more, than Radeon RX 560.

Full Specs

  Quadro M4000 Radeon RX 560
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 GCN 4.0
Code name GM204 Polaris 21
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 29 June 2015 18 April 2017
Pipelines 1664 1024
Core clock speed 773 MHz 1175 MHz
Boost Clock 1275 MHz
Transistor count 5,200 million 3,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 80.39 81.60
Floating-point performance 2,573 gflops 2,611 gflops
Length 241 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz 7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan + 1.2.131
CUDA 5.2
SLI options +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 299 Mh/s
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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