NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580 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.

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

AMD Radeon RX 580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 185 Watt
Around 72% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 68305 vs 39684
Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 220.867 vs 116.142
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2046.214 vs 1022.932
Around 74% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.026 vs 9.235
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 94.532 vs 84.034
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 645.647 vs 607.721

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 185 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	68305 vs 39684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	220.867 vs 116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2046.214 vs 1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.026 vs 9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.532 vs 84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	645.647 vs 607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706 vs 3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3349

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580

2.1x more core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 192.96 GTexel/s vs 175.0 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8856 vs 8255
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 341
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 11281 vs 10140
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 11281 vs 10140

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Texture fill rate	192.96 GTexel/s vs 175.0 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8856 vs 8255
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 341
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	11281 vs 10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	11281 vs 10140

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8255

8856

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

341

768

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

68305

39684

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

220.867

116.142

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

2046.214

1022.932

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

16.026

9.235

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

94.532

84.034

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

645.647

607.721

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10140

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3349

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10140

11281

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

3695

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3349

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark	8255	8856
PassMark - G2D Mark	341	768
Geekbench - OpenCL	68305	39684
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	220.867	116.142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2046.214	1022.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	16.026	9.235
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	94.532	84.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	645.647	607.721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	10140	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	10140	11281
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706	3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3349
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4362

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q	AMD Radeon RX 580
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 4.0
Code name	TU106	Polaris 20
Launch date	27 May 2019	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	337	339
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$169.99
Value for money (0-100)		76.21
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1215 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 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	2304
Pixel fill rate	77.76 GPixel/s	42.88 GP/s
Texture fill rate	175.0 GTexel/s	192.96 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	10800 million	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Width	IGP
Bridgeless CrossFire
Length		241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory clock speed		8000 MHz
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready