Quadro 4000 vs Radeon Sky 500

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 4000 and Radeon Sky 500, 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 Sky 500, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  Quadro 4000 Radeon Sky 500
Power consumption (TDP) 142 Watt 150 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Sky 500 has 5% more power consumption, than Quadro 4000.
  • Quadro 4000 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon Sky 500 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Sky 500 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro 4000.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 4000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon Sky 500 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 475 MHz higher, than Quadro 4000.
  • Quadro 4000 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Sky 500 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon Sky 500 is 1 mm longer, than Quadro 4000.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Sky 500 is 1992 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 Sky 500 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 355% more, than Quadro 4000.

Full Specs

  Quadro 4000 Radeon Sky 500
Architecture Fermi GCN 1.0
Code name GF100 Pitcairn
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 2 November 2010 27 March 2013
Pipelines 256 1280
Core clock speed 475 MHz 950 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 15.20 76.00
Floating-point performance 486.4 gflops 2,432 gflops
Length 241 mm 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2808 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 89.86 GB/s 154 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
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 44 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
DisplayPort count 1
Dual-link DVI support +
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