NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q vs AMD FirePro W9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q and AMD FirePro W9000 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 - 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).

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

AMD FirePro W9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
1402.2x more texture fill rate: 175.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Around 13% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
5.8x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8366 vs 6138
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 68305 vs 31775
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 220.867 vs 84.462
Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2046.214 vs 1734.394
Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.026 vs 8.988
Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.532 vs 86.984
Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 645.647 vs 460.234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 14 June 2012
Texture fill rate	175.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 350 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8366 vs 6138
Geekbench - OpenCL	68305 vs 31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	220.867 vs 84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2046.214 vs 1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.026 vs 8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.532 vs 86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	645.647 vs 460.234

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9000

Around 63% higher core clock speed: 975 MHz vs 600 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 720 vs 343

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	975 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	720 vs 343

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8366

6138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

343

720

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

68305

31775

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

220.867

84.462

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2046.214

1734.394

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16.026

8.988

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

94.532

86.984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

645.647

460.234

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q	AMD FirePro W9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	8366	6138
PassMark - G2D Mark	343	720
Geekbench - OpenCL	68305	31775
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	220.867	84.462
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2046.214	1734.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.026	8.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.532	86.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	645.647	460.234
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q	AMD FirePro W9000
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 1.0
Code name	TU106	Tahiti
Launch date	27 May 2019	14 June 2012
Place in performance rating	325	336
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$3,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1215 MHz
Core clock speed	600 MHz	975 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	175.0 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.20 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.599 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	2048
Pixel fill rate	77.76 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	175.0 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		3,994 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI
Dual-link DVI support
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		279 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	264 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 Bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		5500 MHz