NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 780 - 960 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 61% higher boost clock speed: 1380 - 1485 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 2.5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1024
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 18169 vs 6316
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 18169 vs 6316
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 May 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 780 - 960 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1380 - 1485 MHz vs 925 MHz
Pipelines 2560 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 4800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 18169 vs 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 18169 vs 6316

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8390 vs 3716
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8390 vs 3716
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 27566 vs 3359
  • 8.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 27566 vs 3359
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 68858
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566 vs 3359
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 vs 68858

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18169
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18169
6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
27566
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
68858
70535
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G2D Mark 566
PassMark - G3D Mark 12794
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 18169 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 18169 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 27566
Geekbench - OpenCL 68858 70535

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.0
Code name N19E-Q3 MAX-Q Pitcairn
Launch date 27 May 2019 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 181 165
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1380 - 1485 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 780 - 960 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 2560 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops
Texture fill rate 59.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s

Technologies

Multi Monitor
VR Ready