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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000: specs and benchmarks
Price now
2839$
Games supported
100%
- Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
- Core clock speed 1005 MHz
- Max video memory 8 GB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory clock speed 13000 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2018
Performance
52.25
Summary
NVIDIA started Quadro RTX 4000 sales 13 November 2018 at a recommended price of $899. This is high-end Turing architecture desktop card based on 12 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 13 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 416.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 241 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 160 Watt.
It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at
52.25%
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti.
General info
Of Quadro RTX 4000's architecture, market segment and release date.
| Place in performance rating | 60 | |
| Value for money | 11.64 | |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2021) | |
| GPU code name | TU104 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 13 November 2018 (3 years ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | |
| Price now | $2839 (3.2x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Quadro RTX 4000's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro RTX 4000's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | of 18432 (AD102) |
| Core clock speed | 1005 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1545 MHz | of 2903 (Radeon Pro W6600) |
| Number of transistors | 13,600 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | of 4 (H100 PCIe) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 160 Watt | of 900 (Tesla S2050) |
| Texture fill rate | 222.5 | of 939.8 (H100 SXM5) |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Quadro RTX 4000's compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | |
| Length | 241 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Quadro RTX 4000: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 13000 MHz | of 21000 (GeForce RTX 3090 Ti) |
| Memory bandwidth | 416.0 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro RTX 4000. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
| Display Connectors | 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
API support
APIs supported by Quadro RTX 4000, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_1) | |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | |
| CUDA | 7.5 |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance of Quadro RTX 4000. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 OpenCL
- GeekBench 5 Vulkan
- GeekBench 5 CUDA
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 9%
GeekBench 5 Vulkan
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
GeekBench 5 CUDA
Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.
Benchmark coverage: 5%
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good Quadro RTX 4000 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall Quadro RTX 4000 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.
AMD equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Quadro RTX 4000 from AMD is Radeon Pro W5700, which is slower by 3% and lower by 4 positions in our rating.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro RTX 4000:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with Quadro RTX 4000 according to our statistics.
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