NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7.4x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 18169 vs 12980
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 18169 vs 12980
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 May 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 18169 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 18169 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 780 - 960 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1380 - 1485 MHz
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2560
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 566
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 12794
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 76021 vs 67930
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 780 - 960 MHz
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1380 - 1485 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 2560
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 750 vs 566
PassMark - G3D Mark 13327 vs 12794
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3716
Geekbench - OpenCL 76021 vs 67930

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
566
750
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12794
13327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18169
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18169
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
67930
76021
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark 566 750
PassMark - G3D Mark 12794 13327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 18169 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 18169 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3356
Geekbench - OpenCL 67930 76021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name N19E-Q3 MAX-Q Vega 10
Launch date 27 May 2019 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 182 198
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1380 - 1485 MHz 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 780 - 960 MHz 1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 2560 4096
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bus width 256 Bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s

Technologies

Multi Monitor
VR Ready