Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS vs Quadro RTX 4000

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 4000 with Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS, including specs and performance data.

RTX 4000
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 160 Watt
39.75
+246%

RTX 4000 outperforms Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS by a whopping 246% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking107412
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.19no data
Power efficiency17.1719.86
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)no data
GPU code nameTU104no data
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date13 November 2018 (6 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores23041536
Core clock speed1005 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate222.5no data
Floating-point processing power7.119 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs144no data
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length241 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5x
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width256 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1625 MHz8448 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/sno data
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 Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-Cno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12_1
Shader Model6.5no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-
CUDA7.5-

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 HD130−140
+225%
40
−225%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.92no data

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.75 11.49
Chip lithography 12 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 40 Watt

RTX 4000 has a 246% higher aggregate performance score.

Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS, on the other hand, has a 200% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation card while Qualcomm SD X Adreno X1-85 4.6 TFLOPS is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
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