NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 590 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 6 month(s) later
  • 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 68305 vs 46689
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 220.867 vs 137.469
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 16.026 vs 12.352
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 May 2019 vs 15 November 2018
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 68305 vs 46689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 220.867 vs 137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.026 vs 12.352

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 1469 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1215 MHz
  • Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 175.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9464 vs 8366
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 796 vs 343
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2083.862 vs 2046.214
  • Around 48% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 139.477 vs 94.532
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 762.142 vs 645.647
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 13383 vs 10140
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 13383 vs 10140
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1469 MHz vs 600 MHz
Boost clock speed 1545 MHz vs 1215 MHz
Texture fill rate 222.48 GTexel/s vs 175.0 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 9464 vs 8366
PassMark - G2D Mark 796 vs 343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2083.862 vs 2046.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 139.477 vs 94.532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 762.142 vs 645.647
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13383 vs 10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13383 vs 10140
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 590

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
8366
9464
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
343
796
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
68305
46689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
220.867
137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2046.214
2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.026
12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
94.532
139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
645.647
762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10140
13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10140
13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3706
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3359
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 590
PassMark - G3D Mark 8366 9464
PassMark - G2D Mark 343 796
Geekbench - OpenCL 68305 46689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 220.867 137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2046.214 2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.026 12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 94.532 139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 645.647 762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 10140 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 10140 13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4763

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q AMD Radeon RX 590

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 4.0
Code name TU106 Polaris 30
Launch date 27 May 2019 15 November 2018
Place in performance rating 325 260
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $279

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1215 MHz 1545 MHz
Core clock speed 600 MHz 1469 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 12 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
Pixel fill rate 77.76 GPixel/s 49.54 GP/s
Texture fill rate 175.0 GTexel/s 222.48 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 175 Watt
Transistor count 10800 million 5,700 million
Compute units 36
Floating-point performance 7.1 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
Length 241 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 1.2
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
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support