NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 vs AMD Radeon VII

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 and AMD Radeon VII 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: 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

  • 514.8x more texture fill rate: 222.5 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 282.628 vs 206.353
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 24.719 vs 21.606
  • Around 98% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 136.919 vs 69.256
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1010.818 vs 499.927
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20206 vs 11724
  • Around 72% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20206 vs 11724
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s vs 432.24 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 282.628 vs 206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.719 vs 21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 136.919 vs 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1010.818 vs 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206 vs 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206 vs 11724

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon VII

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2304
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 23% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 89406 vs 85548
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4659.199 vs 3403.106
  • Around 18% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9292 vs 7856
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 February 2019 vs 13 November 2018
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed 1750 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Pipelines 3840 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 89406 vs 85548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4659.199 vs 3403.106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3359
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 9292 vs 7856

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon VII

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
85548
89406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
282.628
206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3403.106
4659.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.719
21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
136.919
69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1010.818
499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20206
11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20206
11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7856
9292
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 AMD Radeon VII
Geekbench - OpenCL 85548 89406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 282.628 206.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3403.106 4659.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.719 21.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 136.919 69.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1010.818 499.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206 11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7856 9292
PassMark - G3D Mark 16690
PassMark - G2D Mark 786

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 AMD Radeon VII

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.1
Code name TU104 Vega 20
GCN generation Quadro RTX 5th Gen
Launch date 13 November 2018 7 February 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $699
Place in performance rating 195 214
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon 2nd generation Vega
Price now $699.99
Value for money (0-100) 32.74

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1545 MHz 1750 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz 1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 222.5 GFLOPS 3.46 TFLOPs
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 14.24 TFLOPS 27.7 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.119 TFLOPS 13.8 TFLOPs
Pipelines 2304 3840
Pixel fill rate 98.88 GPixel/s 115.26 GP/s
Render output units 64
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s 432.24 GT/s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 13,230 million
Compute units 60
Stream Processors 3840

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9.5 inches (241 mm) 305 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU) 750 W

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 416.0 GB/s 1024 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective) 2000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore