NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Max-Q and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Max-Q

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1114 MHz vs 1000 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
5.8x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 580 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Launch date	11 January 2017 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	1114 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 580 Watt
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 5400 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

15.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 137.4 GTexel / s
3.1x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 1792
2.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 5,632 gflops vs 4,398 gflops

Texture fill rate	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 137.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 1792
Floating-point performance	2x 5,632 gflops vs 4,398 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	9083
PassMark - G2D Mark	700
Geekbench - OpenCL	102892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P4000 Max-Q	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP104	Hawaii
Launch date	11 January 2017	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	107	282
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1228 MHz
Core clock speed	1114 MHz	1000 MHz
Floating-point performance	4,398 gflops	2x 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1792	2x 2816
Texture fill rate	137.4 GTexel / s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	4x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.3 GB / s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0