GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q vs Quadro M4000

Place in the ranking	314	183
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.46	no data
Power efficiency	9.97	26.15
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GM204	TU106B
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	29 June 2015 (9 years ago)	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$791	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	1664	2304
Core clock speed	773 MHz	885 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1185 MHz
Number of transistors	5,200 million	10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	80.39	170.6
Floating-point processing power	2.573 TFLOPS	5.46 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	104	144
Tensor Cores	no data	288
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	36

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 192 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data
Multi-display synchronization	Quadro Sync	no data
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
High-Performance Video I/O6	+	no data
VR Ready	no data	+
nView Desktop Management	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	6.4	6.5
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	5.2	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro M4000 17.29

RTX 2070 Max-Q 30.22
+74.8%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro M4000 6671

RTX 2070 Max-Q 11659
+74.8%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	55−60 −78.2%	98 +78.2%
1440p	30−35 −100%	60 +100%
4K	21−24 −85.7%	39 +85.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	14.38	no data
1440p	26.37	no data
4K	37.67	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	71 +0%	71 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73 +0%	73 +0%
Battlefield 5	110 +0%	110 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	85 +0%	85 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	113 +0%	113 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	204 +0%	204 +0%
Hitman 3	81 +0%	81 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	143 +0%	143 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	148 +0%	148 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	118 +0%	118 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	61 +0%	61 +0%
Battlefield 5	100 +0%	100 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	74 +0%	74 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	68 +0%	68 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	77 +0%	77 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	191 +0%	191 +0%
Hitman 3	81 +0%	81 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Metro Exodus	120 +0%	120 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	85 +0%	85 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50 +0%	50 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	54 +0%	54 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	57 +0%	57 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	52 +0%	52 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	98 +0%	98 +0%
Hitman 3	72 +0%	72 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	105 +0%	105 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	64 +0%	64 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	51 +0%	51 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	61 +0%	61 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50 +0%	50 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	33 +0%	33 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	36 +0%	36 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	176 +0%	176 +0%
Hitman 3	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	80 +0%	80 +0%
Metro Exodus	72 +0%	72 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55

+0%

50−55

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30 +0%	30 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	28 +0%	28 +0%
Hitman 3	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45 +0%	45 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20 +0%	20 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry 5	20 +0%	20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

24−27

+0%

24−27

+0%

This is how Quadro M4000 and RTX 2070 Max-Q compete in popular games:

RTX 2070 Max-Q is 78% faster in 1080p
RTX 2070 Max-Q is 100% faster in 1440p
RTX 2070 Max-Q is 86% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.29	30.22
Recency	29 June 2015	29 January 2019
Chip lithography	28 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	80 Watt

RTX 2070 Max-Q has a 74.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M4000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro M4000 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.