NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 vs AMD FirePro W9100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 930 MHz
  • 1359.2x more texture fill rate: 222.5 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 750 Watt
  • Around 99% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 85474 vs 43046
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 282.628 vs 106.585
  • Around 81% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3403.106 vs 1878.403
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 24.719 vs 9.751
  • Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 136.919 vs 82.208
  • Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1010.818 vs 511.115
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20206 vs 9143
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20206 vs 9143
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 November 2018 vs 26 March 2014
Core clock speed 1005 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s vs 163.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 750 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 85474 vs 43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 282.628 vs 106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3403.106 vs 1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.719 vs 9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 136.919 vs 82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1010.818 vs 511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206 vs 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206 vs 9143

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W9100

  • Around 22% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2304
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8219 vs 3714
  • 9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 32085 vs 3359
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8219 vs 3714
  • 9.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 32085 vs 3359
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2816 vs 2304
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8219 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 32085 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8219 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 32085 vs 3359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W9100

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
85474
43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
282.628
106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3403.106
1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.719
9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
136.919
82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1010.818
511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20206
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20206
9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
32085
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 AMD FirePro W9100
Geekbench - OpenCL 85474 43046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 282.628 106.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3403.106 1878.403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.719 9.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 136.919 82.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1010.818 511.115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 32085
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206 9143
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 8219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 32085
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7856
PassMark - G3D Mark 7987
PassMark - G2D Mark 752

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 AMD FirePro W9100

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 2.0
Code name TU104 Hawaii
GCN generation Quadro RTX
Launch date 13 November 2018 26 March 2014
Launch price (MSRP) $899
Place in performance rating 193 189
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1545 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz 930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 222.5 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.24 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.119 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 2816
Pixel fill rate 98.88 GPixel/s
Render output units 64
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s 163.7 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 750 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 6,200 million
Floating-point performance 5,238 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9.5 inches (241 mm) 275 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Form factor Full Height / Full Length

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 416.0 GB/s 320 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective) 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5