NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • 7.1x more pipelines: 16384 vs 2304
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
  • 4.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9223 vs 1873
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 582.642 vs 232.933
  • 4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 98.472 vs 24.872
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 178.756 vs 136.223
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2968.159 vs 1011.233
  • 3.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 85209
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 13 November 2018
Core clock speed 2235 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed 2520 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Pipelines 16384 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9223 vs 1873
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 582.642 vs 232.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 98.472 vs 24.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.756 vs 136.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2968.159 vs 1011.233
Geekbench - OpenCL 317791 vs 85209

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

  • 172.5x more texture fill rate: 222.5 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 450 Watt
  • Around 24% higher memory clock speed: 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
9223
1873
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
582.642
232.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
98.472
24.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
178.756
136.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2968.159
1011.233
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
317791
85209
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
PassMark - G2D Mark 1297
PassMark - G3D Mark 38287
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9223 1873
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 582.642 232.933
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 98.472 24.872
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.756 136.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2968.159 1011.233
Geekbench - OpenCL 317791 85209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0 3728.135
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Turing
Code name AD102 TU104
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 13 November 2018
Place in performance rating 13 211
GCN generation Quadro RTX
Launch price (MSRP) $899
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2520 MHz 1545 MHz
Core clock speed 2235 MHz 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1,290 GFLOPS (1:64) 222.5 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 82.58 TFLOPS (1:1) 14.24 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 82.58 TFLOPS 7.119 TFLOPS
Pipelines 16384 2304
Pixel fill rate 443.5 GPixel/s 98.88 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 1,290 GTexel/s 222.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 450 Watt 160 Watt
Transistor count 76300 million 13600 million
Render output units 64
Texture Units 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Triple-slot
Height 61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 304 mm, 12 inches 9.5 inches (241 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 16-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 137 mm, 5.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 1,008 GB/s 416.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6