NVIDIA Quadro P4000 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P4000 and AMD Radeon R9 290X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 1480 MHz vs 947 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 6.1x more memory clock speed: 7604 MHz vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11654 vs 8644
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 827 vs 770
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 152.325 vs 114.883
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 11.365 vs 11.12
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 751.626 vs 628.757
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15267 vs 8729
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15267 vs 8729
  • Around 24% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4904 vs 3952
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 February 2017 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed 1480 MHz vs 947 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 7604 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 11654 vs 8644
PassMark - G2D Mark 827 vs 770
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 152.325 vs 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.365 vs 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 751.626 vs 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15267 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15267 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4904 vs 3952

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

  • Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 176.0 GTexel / s vs 165.8 GTexel / s
  • Around 57% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 1792
  • Around 6% better floating-point performance: 5,632 gflops vs 5,304 gflops
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42508 vs 42289
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 1590.392
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 120.942 vs 45.977
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7055 vs 3714
  • Around 90% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7055 vs 3714
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 176.0 GTexel / s vs 165.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2816 vs 1792
Floating-point performance 5,632 gflops vs 5,304 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 42508 vs 42289
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2460.464 vs 1590.392
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 120.942 vs 45.977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 7055 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 7055 vs 3714

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P4000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11654
8644
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
827
770
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
42289
42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
152.325
114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1590.392
2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
11.365
11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
45.977
120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
751.626
628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15267
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15267
8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4904
3952
Name NVIDIA Quadro P4000 AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark 11654 8644
PassMark - G2D Mark 827 770
Geekbench - OpenCL 42289 42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 152.325 114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1590.392 2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 11.365 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.977 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 751.626 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15267 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15267 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4904 3952

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro P4000 AMD Radeon R9 290X

Essentials

Architecture Pascal GCN 2.0
Code name GP104 Hawaii
Launch date 6 February 2017 24 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $815 $549
Place in performance rating 275 286
Price now $799.99
Type Workstation Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 17.17
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1480 MHz 947 MHz
Core clock speed 1202 MHz
Floating-point performance 5,304 gflops 5,632 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1792 2816
Texture fill rate 165.8 GTexel / s 176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 7,200 million 6,200 million
Stream Processors 2560

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Shader Model 5.1
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB / s 320 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 7604 MHz 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Stereo
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)