GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs Matrox QID
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | MP (2004) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | MP-A4 | AD103 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 17 December 2004 (21 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | no data | 9728 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1455 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 0 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.000 | 442.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 28.31 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 112 |
| TMUs | 8 | 304 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 304 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 76 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 9.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 165 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 300 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 9.6 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.1 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 December 2004 | 3 January 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 GB |
RTX 4090 Max-Q has an age advantage of 18 years, and a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Matrox QID and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Matrox QID is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook one.
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