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NVIDIA Quadro M4000M

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M is a workstation graphics card released on August 18, 2015, built on the Maxwell architecture. It has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, a boost clock of 975 MHz and a 100 W board power rating. It scores 6,075 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12.1, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 5.2.

MaxwellGM204Workstation

6/10 key specs recorded · 31 facts

Depth: 33 recorded fields, 6 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 Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5

Boost clock

n/a

975 MHz base

Board power

100 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M scores 6,075 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 83.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #457), measured across 204 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 403.

PassMark G3D Mark

6,075

Rank #457
Faster than 83.1% of 2,658 GPUs
204 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 102 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 76.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 31 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 67.7% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 49 fps

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

DirectX 12 25 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 60.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 2,290 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 66.9% 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 M4000M averages DirectX 9 102 fps, DirectX 10 31 fps, DirectX 11 49 fps, DirectX 12 25 fps and GPU Compute 2,290 ops/s, across 204 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x16

Max memory 4 GB

Memory clock 1253 MHz

DirectX 12.1

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 100 W

First benchmarked 2015-08-26

Samples 204

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M states the PCIe 3.0 x16 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, DirectX 12.1 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2015-08-26. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Maxwell

Codename GM204

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M is based on the Maxwell architecture and uses the GM204 graphics processor.

Clock speeds

Base clock 975 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M runs at a base clock of 975 MHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M has a board power rating of 100 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 100 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 August 18, 2015

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Workstation

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M was released on August 18, 2015.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 6,075

PassMark G2D 403

Rank #457

Samples 204

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M supports DirectX 12.1, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 3.0 and CUDA compute capability 5.2.

DirectX 12.1 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.3

OpenCL 3.0

CUDA compute capability 5.2

Features

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M 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 M4000M supports Tensor cores and NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M supports CUDA (Compute capability 5.2) under Compute and AI.

Media engine

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M provides hardware decode for H.264 (AVC). It does not support hardware decode for HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9.

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 M4000M
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Not stated by the vendor	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Not stated by the vendor	Not supported
AV1	Not stated by the vendor	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 M4000M: NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (1st Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M have?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M has a board power rating of 100 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M scores 6,075 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 83.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #457. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 25 fps.

What is the CUDA compute capability of the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M has CUDA compute capability 5.2.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M use?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M connects over PCIe 3.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M released?

The NVIDIA Quadro M4000M was released on August 18, 2015.

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.