NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q and AMD FirePro W9100 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

AMD FirePro W9100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 780 - 960 MHz vs 930 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
9.4x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 750 Watt
2.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12513 vs 7705
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 18169 vs 9143
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 18169 vs 9143
Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70509 vs 43046

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 26 March 2014
Core clock speed	780 - 960 MHz vs 930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 750 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12513 vs 7705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	18169 vs 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	18169 vs 9143
Geekbench - OpenCL	70509 vs 43046

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

Around 10% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2560
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 811 vs 529
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8219 vs 3716
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8219 vs 3716
9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 32085 vs 3359
9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 32085 vs 3359

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	811 vs 529
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8219 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8219 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	32085 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	32085 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

529

811

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12513

7705

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18169

9143

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

18169

9143

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

8219

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3716

8219

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

32085

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3359

32085

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

70509

43046

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q	AMD FirePro W9100
PassMark - G2D Mark	529	811
PassMark - G3D Mark	12513	7705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	18169	9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	18169	9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716	8219
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716	8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3359	32085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3359	32085
Geekbench - OpenCL	70509	43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		511.115

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q	AMD FirePro W9100
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 2.0
Code name	N19E-Q3 MAX-Q	Hawaii
Launch date	27 May 2019	26 March 2014
Place in performance rating	199	198
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1380 - 1485 MHz
Core clock speed	780 - 960 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	2816
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	750 Watt
Transistor count	13600 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,238 gflops
Texture fill rate		163.7 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
G-SYNC support
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Full Length
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	5000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Memory bandwidth		320 GB / s
Technologies
Multi Monitor
VR Ready