NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
VS
AMD FirePro W5170M
NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
VS
AMD FirePro W5170M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD FirePro W5170M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

464
Place in performance rating
450
4.09
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Kepler
Architecture
GCN
GK104
Code name
Tropo
Mobile workstation
Type
Mobile workstation
1 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
2 October 2015 (6 years ago)
$240
Price now
$1530
1.94
Value for money
1.01
N14E-Q3
GPU code name
Tropo
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD FirePro W5170M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

960
Pipelines
640
600 MHz
Core clock speed
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Boost Clock
925 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
48.08
Texture fill rate
37.00
1,154 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,184 gflops
960
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
no data
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
3,540 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD FirePro W5170M.

MXM-B (3.0)
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
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Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD FirePro W5170M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2800 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
89.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD FirePro W5170M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
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Eyefinity
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD FirePro W5170M is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
Enduro
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD FirePro W5170M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
5.1
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro K4000M and AMD FirePro W5170M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro K4000M or AMD FirePro W5170M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
AMD FirePro W5170M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
AMD FirePro W5170M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
AMD FirePro W5170M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
AMD FirePro W5170M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro K4000M
AMD FirePro W5170M
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

Cheaper ($240 vs $1530)

More pipelines (960 vs 640)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (89.6 GB/s vs 72 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD FirePro W5170M

0.21% faster in synthetic tests

So, NVIDIA Quadro K4000M or AMD FirePro W5170M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W5170M .

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M versus AMD FirePro W5170M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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