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NVIDIA Quadro M4000

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 is a workstation graphics card released on June 29, 2015, built on the Maxwell architecture. It has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 773 MHz and a 120 W board power rating. It scores 6,671 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_4), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 1.2 and CUDA compute capability 5.2.

MaxwellGM204-850-A1Workstation

6/10 key specs recorded · 44 facts

Depth: 36 recorded fields, 10 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 6 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

n/a

Memory

8 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

773 MHz base

Board power

120 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 scores 6,671 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 84.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #420), measured across 2,306 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 669.

PassMark G3D Mark

6,671

Rank #420
Faster than 84.5% of 2,658 GPUs
2,306 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 113 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 77.9% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 33 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 68.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 49 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 70.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 26 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 61.9% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,642 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 70.6% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 averages DirectX 9 113 fps, DirectX 10 33 fps, DirectX 11 49 fps, DirectX 12 26 fps and GPU Compute 2,642 ops/s, across 2,306 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Workstation

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 8 GB

Core clock 800 MHz

Memory clock 1503 MHz

DirectX 12.4

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 120 W

First benchmarked 2015-10-05

Samples 2,306

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 8 GB of memory, a core clock of 800 MHz, DirectX 12.4 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2015-10-05. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro M4000M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Maxwell

Codename GM204-850-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 is based on the Maxwell architecture and uses the GM204-850-A1 graphics processor.

Clock speeds

Base clock 773 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 runs at a base clock of 773 MHz.

Memory

Size 8 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 has a board power rating of 120 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 120 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Market

Launched June 29, 2015

Launch price $791

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 was released on June 29, 2015 and launched at a price of $791.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 6,671

PassMark G2D 669

Rank #420

Samples 2,306

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 supports DirectX 12 (FL 12_4), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 1.2 and CUDA compute capability 5.2.

DirectX 12 (FL 12_4)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

OpenCL 1.2

CUDA compute capability 5.2

Features

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 5.2

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 supports CUDA (Compute capability 5.2) under Compute and AI.

Media engine

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC). It does not support hardware encode for AV1 and decode for HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 5th Generation Encoder engines: 2NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 1st Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA Quadro M4000
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: No; 10-bit: No; B-frames: No; 8K: No	Not supported
AV1	Not supported	Not supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Not supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA Quadro M4000: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (5th Generation, encoder engines: 2) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (1st Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 have?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 has 8 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 has a board power rating of 120 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro M4000?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 scores 6,671 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 84.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #420. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 26 fps.

Does the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 support AV1 encoding?

No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA Quadro M4000.

What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro M4000?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 has CUDA compute capability 5.2.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 use?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro M4000 released and how much did it cost at launch?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000 was released on June 29, 2015 and launched at a price of $791.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: Maxwell (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GM204 -> Maxwell. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.