AMD Radeon Vega 9 vs NVIDIA Quadro K4000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 9 and NVIDIA Quadro K4000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Vega 9

NVIDIA Quadro K4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 9

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9706 vs 6660

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 Oct 2017 vs 1 March 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	9706 vs 6660

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4000

Around 33% higher pipelines: 768 vs 576
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 417 vs 409
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2723 vs 1591
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3798 vs 2591
Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3798 vs 2591
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3651 vs 1856
Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3651 vs 1856
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3321 vs 2482
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3321 vs 2482

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	768 vs 576
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	417 vs 409
PassMark - G3D Mark	2723 vs 1591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3798 vs 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3798 vs 2591
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3651 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3651 vs 1856
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3321 vs 2482
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3321 vs 2482

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 9
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K4000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

409

417

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1591

2723

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9706

6660

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2591

3798

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2591

3798

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1856

3651

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1856

3651

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2482

3321

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2482

3321

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 9	NVIDIA Quadro K4000
PassMark - G2D Mark	409	417
PassMark - G3D Mark	1591	2723
Geekbench - OpenCL	9706	6660
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2591	3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2591	3798
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1856	3651
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1856	3651
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2482	3321
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2482	3321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		18.437
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		427.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.897
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		23.742
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		61.965
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		817

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 9	NVIDIA Quadro K4000
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Kepler
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	GK106
Launch date	26 Oct 2017	1 March 2013
Place in performance rating	812	889
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,269
Price now		$225.65
Value for money (0-100)		14.81
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	576	768
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	4500 million	2,540 million
Core clock speed		810 MHz
Floating-point performance		1,244 gflops
Texture fill rate		51.84 GTexel / s
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Shared memory	Yes
Maximum RAM amount		3 GB
Memory bandwidth		134.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		192 Bit
Memory clock speed		5616 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin