NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, 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).

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
632.8x more texture fill rate: 259.2 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
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13640 vs 13327
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 83044 vs 75705
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19377 vs 12980
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19377 vs 12980
Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7879 vs 7074

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate	259.2 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13640 vs 13327
Geekbench - OpenCL	83044 vs 75705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19377 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19377 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7879 vs 7074

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

2.3x more core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 600 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3072
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 584

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Pipelines	4096 vs 3072
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	750 vs 584
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3718 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3718 vs 3717

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13640

13327

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

584

750

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

83044

75705

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19377

12980

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19377

12980

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3717

3718

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3356

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7879

7074

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	13640	13327
PassMark - G2D Mark	584	750
Geekbench - OpenCL	83044	75705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19377	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19377	12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717	3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7879	7074
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 5.0
Code name	TU104	Vega 10
Launch date	27 May 2019	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	169	198
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999.99
Value for money (0-100)		14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	259.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.59 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.294 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	4096
Pixel fill rate	86.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	259.2 GTexel/s	409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	13600 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		13,107 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Width	IGP
Length		267 mm
API support
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
DirectX		12.0 (12_1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth		483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		2048 Bit
Memory clock speed		1890 MHz
Memory type		HBM2