Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q vs Quadro P5000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro P5000 with Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q, including specs and performance data.

Quadro P5000
2016
16 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
32.67
+1.3%

P5000 outperforms RTX 4000 Max-Q by a minimal 1% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking165170
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.32no data
Power efficiency12.6328.07
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGP104TU104
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date1 October 2016 (8 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,499 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 cores20482560
Core clock speed1607 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1380 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate277.3220.8
Floating-point processing power8.873 TFLOPS7.066 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs160160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1127 MHz1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s416.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x DisplayPortNo outputs
Display Port1.4no data
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
VR Readyno data+
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA6.17.5

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 P5000 32.67
+1.3%
RTX 4000 Max-Q 32.26

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 P5000 12604
+1.3%
RTX 4000 Max-Q 12446

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 HD95
+1.1%
94
−1.1%
1440p45−50
−2.2%
46
+2.2%
4K39
−41%
55
+41%

Cost per frame, $

1080p26.31no data
1440p55.53no data
4K64.08no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−1%
100−110
+1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−1.4%
70−75
+1.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−0.6%
170−180
+0.6%
Hitman 3 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−0.7%
140−150
+0.7%
Metro Exodus 100−110
−0.9%
100−110
+0.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−0.9%
110−120
+0.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−1%
100−110
+1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−1.4%
70−75
+1.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−0.6%
170−180
+0.6%
Hitman 3 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−0.7%
140−150
+0.7%
Metro Exodus 100−110
−0.9%
100−110
+0.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−0.9%
110−120
+0.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry 5 70−75
−1.4%
70−75
+1.4%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
−0.6%
170−180
+0.6%
Hitman 3 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
−0.7%
140−150
+0.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
−0.9%
110−120
+0.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 53
−18.9%
63
+18.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
−1.6%
60−65
+1.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−2%
50−55
+2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
−2.9%
35−40
+2.9%
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 35−40
−2.7%
35−40
+2.7%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
−0.5%
180−190
+0.5%
Hitman 3 40−45
−2.5%
40−45
+2.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−1.6%
60−65
+1.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75−80
−1.3%
75−80
+1.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 170−180
−0.6%
170−180
+0.6%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−0.6%
160−170
+0.6%
Metro Exodus 35−40
−2.6%
40−45
+2.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 36
+0%
36
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−11.1%
10−11
+11.1%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−2.3%
45−50
+2.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
−2.4%
40−45
+2.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
−6.7%
16−18
+6.7%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

This is how Quadro P5000 and RTX 4000 Max-Q compete in popular games:

  • Quadro P5000 is 1% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4000 Max-Q is 2% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4000 Max-Q is 41% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4000 Max-Q is 19% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4000 Max-Q is ahead in 32 tests (44%)
  • there's a draw in 40 tests (56%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.67 32.26
Recency 1 October 2016 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 80 Watt

Quadro P5000 has a 1.3% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Quadro P5000 and Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q.

Be aware that Quadro P5000 is a workstation card while Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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

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