NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
342.9x more texture fill rate: 442.3 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
3x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Texture fill rate	442.3 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

2.4x more core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 73% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Around 68% higher pipelines: 16384 vs 9728
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB

Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 9728
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark - G2D Mark		1294
PassMark - G3D Mark		38534
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		36466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		461.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		93.23
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		200.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4413.025
Geekbench - OpenCL		317517
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD103	AD102
Launch date	2023	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	10
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1455 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	442.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	28.31 TFLOPS (1:1)	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	28.31 TFLOPS	82.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9728	16384
Pixel fill rate	163.0 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	442.3 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	76300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
Length		304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		850 Watt
Width		137 mm, 5.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X