NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

The NVIDIA Quadro K4000M is a high-end, DirectX 11.1 compatible graphics card for mobile workstations. It is a Kepler-based GPU built on the GK104 chip (but using only 960 shader cores) and is manufactured in 28nm at TSMC. The Quadro K4000M is built for the Intel Chief River generation (Ivy Bridge) and is the successor to the Fermi-based Quadro 4000M (Huron River platform).

The Quadro series offers certified drivers that are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications like CAD or DCC. OpenGL performance, for example, should be significantly better than GeForce graphics cards of similar specifications.

Architecture

The Kepler architecture is the successor to the Fermi architecture that first appeared in laptops with the GeForce 400M series. The GK104 Kepler core offers eight shader blocks, called SMX, that are clocked at the same speed as the central core. In the K4000M, 5 blocks are active leading to the 960 CUDA cores. Although more shader cores are available in the Kepler architecture as compared to the Fermi design, the Kepler shaders are still expected to be up to twice as power efficient. However, due to the missing hot clock of the shader domain, two shaders of a Kepler chip offer similar performance to just one shader of a Fermi chip (as the latter is clocked twice as fast).

PCIe 3.0 is now supported by the mobile Kepler series and an optional Turbo mode can automatically overclock the Nvidia card by a theoretical 15 percent if the laptop cooling system allows it. The implementation of this boost mode is done in the BIOS, but it is ultimately dependent upon the manufacturer of the laptop.

Performance

The performance is significantly above the level of the older Quadro 5010M and also beats the GeForce GTX 675M. Therefore, the card will manage both CAD software and demanding 3D games of 2013 in high quality settings.

Features

The improved feature set now includes support for up to 4 active displays. Furthermore, high resolution monitors of up to 3840x2160 pixels can now be connected using DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 1.4a if available. HD-Audio codecs, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, can be transmitted via bitstream mode through the HDMI port. However, as most laptops will feature Optimus, the integrated GPU will likely have direct control over the display ports and may limit the feature set available by the Nvidia Kepler cards.

The 5th generation PureVideo HD video processor (VP5) is also integrated in the GK107 core and offers hardware decoding of HD videos. Common codecs such as MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4 ASP, H.264 and VC1/WMV9 are fully supported up to 4K resolutions while VC1 and MPEG-4 are supported up to 1080p. Two streams can be decoded in parallel for features such as Picture-in-Picture. Another novelty is the inclusion of a dedicated video encoding engine similar to Intel QuickSync that can be accessed by the NVENC API.

The power consumption of the K4000M is rated at 100 Watt (TGP according to Nvidia) and is therefore suited for large-sized notebooks 17-inches or greater.

Manufacturer

NVIDIA

Quadro K Series

Quadro K5100M	1536 @ 0.77 GHz	256 Bit @ 3600 MHz
Quadro K5000M	1344 @ 0.71 GHz	256 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K4100M	1152 @ 0.71 GHz	256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K4000M	960 @ 0.6 GHz	256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K3100M	768 @ 0.71 GHz	256 Bit @ 3200 MHz
Quadro K3000M	576 @ 0.65 GHz	256 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K2100M	576 @ 0.67 GHz	128 Bit @ 3000 MHz
Quadro K1100M	384 @ 0.71 GHz	128 Bit @ 2800 MHz
Quadro K620M	384 @ 1.03 - 1.12 GHz	64 Bit @ 2000 MHz
Quadro K2000M	384 @ 0.75 GHz	128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K1000M	192 @ 0.85 GHz	128 Bit @ 1800 MHz
Quadro K610M	192 @ 0.95 GHz	64 Bit @ 2600 MHz
Quadro K510M	192 @ 0.85 GHz	64 Bit @ 2400 MHz
Quadro K500M	192 @ 0.85 GHz	64 Bit @ 1800 MHz

Codename

N14E-Q3

Architecture

Kepler

Pipelines

960 - unified

Core Speed

600 MHz

Memory Speed

2800 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR5

Max. Amount of Memory

4096 MB

Shared Memory

DirectX

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0

technology

28 nm

Features

Optimus, PhysX, Verde Drivers, CUDA, 3D Vision, 3DTV Play

Notebook Size

large

Date of Announcement

01.06.2012

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy

14.5 pt (15%)

AMD Radeon HD 8180 -90%

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) -5%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M -3%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M -3%

Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580 -3%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX -3%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q -2%

NVIDIA GeForce MX450 -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M -1%

AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL -1%

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile 1%

NVIDIA Quadro M2000M 1%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M 1%

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs 2%

AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop) 2%

AMD FirePro W5170M 3%

NVIDIA Quadro M3000M 5%

NVIDIA Quadro P600 5%

AMD Radeon HD 8970M 6%

...

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 559%

100%

3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score

12751 Points (17%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics

19058 Points (9%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score

2192 Points (6%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics

2199 Points (4%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics

150781 Points (20%)

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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score

min: 3673 avg: 3760 median: 3777 (9%) max: 3830 Points

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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU

min: 3413 avg: 3466 median: 3466 (6%) max: 3519 Points

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AMD Radeon HD 6250 -95%

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M -6%

AMD Radeon R9 M275 -6%

NVIDIA GeForce 945M -5%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI -4%

AMD Radeon R9 M375 -4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M -2%

NVIDIA GeForce MX230 -2%

ATI Radeon HD 5850 -2%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) -1%

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 1%

Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs 1%

AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 2%

AMD Radeon R7 M275DX 3%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI 3%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX 3%

NVIDIA Quadro K3100M 4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M SLI 4%

AMD Radeon R9 M370X 5%

...

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 1606%

100%

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +

3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +

3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +

Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11

36.5 fps (12%)

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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high

48.5 fps (9%)

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AMD Radeon HD 7310 -99%

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NVIDIA Quadro K3100M -7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX -7%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB -5%

AMD Radeon HD 6790 -5%

AMD Radeon HD 7770 -4%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI -3%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI -2%

AMD Radeon R9 M280X -2%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M -1%

NVIDIA Quadro K4000M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 4%

AMD Radeon RX 550X (Laptop) 6%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M 9%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 12%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 16%

NVIDIA Quadro M620 17%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M SLI 17%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI 18%

AMD Radeon R9 M385X 20%

...

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop) 997%

100%

SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 +

specvp11 lightwave-01 +

specvp11 ensight-04 +

specvp11 catia-03 +

Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics

7.6 Points (96%)

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics

7.6 Points (96%)

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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +

Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +

LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU

101 Samples/s (1%)

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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU

221 Samples/s (1%)

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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.