NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 390X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q and AMD Radeon R9 390X 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 RTX 3000 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1215 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • 947x more texture fill rate: 175.0 GTexel/s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 220.867 vs 114.288
  • Around 46% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.026 vs 10.947
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 May 2019 vs 18 June 2015
Boost clock speed 1215 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate 175.0 GTexel/s vs 184.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 275 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 220.867 vs 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.026 vs 10.947
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390X

  • Around 22% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2304
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9433 vs 8366
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 818 vs 343
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2911.861 vs 2046.214
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 118.411 vs 94.532
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 683.568 vs 645.647
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11675 vs 10140
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11675 vs 10140
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2816 vs 2304
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9433 vs 8366
PassMark - G2D Mark 818 vs 343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2911.861 vs 2046.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 118.411 vs 94.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 683.568 vs 645.647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11675 vs 10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11675 vs 10140

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8366
9433
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
343
818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
220.867
114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2046.214
2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.026
10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.532
118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
645.647
683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10140
11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10140
11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3350
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 390X
PassMark - G3D Mark 8366 9433
PassMark - G2D Mark 343 818
Geekbench - OpenCL 68305
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 220.867 114.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2046.214 2911.861
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.026 10.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.532 118.411
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 645.647 683.568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10140 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10140 11675
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4242

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 390X

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 2.0
Code name TU106 Grenada
Launch date 27 May 2019 18 June 2015
Place in performance rating 325 279
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $429

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1215 MHz 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 600 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 2816
Pixel fill rate 77.76 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 175.0 GTexel/s 184.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 10800 million 6,200 million
Compute units 44
Floating-point performance 5,914 gflops
Stream Processors 2816

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1 x 6-pin, 1 x 8-pin
Width IGP
Bridgeless CrossFire
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Length 275 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 512 bit
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Memory clock speed 1050 MHz
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore