NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 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. 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 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 543.2x more texture fill rate: 222.5 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 85850 vs 76030
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 232.933 vs 190.25
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 3728.135 vs 3611.018
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 24.872 vs 17.789
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 20206 vs 12980
  • Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 20206 vs 12980
  • Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7856 vs 7074
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 November 2018 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 85850 vs 76030
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 232.933 vs 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3728.135 vs 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.872 vs 17.789
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7856 vs 7074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1545 MHz
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2304
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 16% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 181.113 vs 136.223
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1373.944 vs 1011.233
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Pipelines 4096 vs 2304
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113 vs 136.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944 vs 1011.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3714

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
85850
76030
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
232.933
190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3728.135
3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.872
17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
136.223
181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1011.233
1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20206
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20206
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7856
7074
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL 85850 76030
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 232.933 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3728.135 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 24.872 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 136.223 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1011.233 1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20206 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20206 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7856 7074
PassMark - G3D Mark 13226
PassMark - G2D Mark 748

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU104 Vega 10
GCN generation Quadro RTX
Launch date 13 November 2018 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $999
Place in performance rating 207 209
Type Desktop Desktop
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1545 MHz 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz 1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 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 4096
Pixel fill rate 98.88 GPixel/s
Render output units 64
Texture fill rate 222.5 GTexel/s 409.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units 144
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 160 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 9.5 inches (241 mm) 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
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 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz (13000 MHz effective) 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2