Quadro P4000 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Place in the ranking	159	192
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	19.61	17.46
Power efficiency	7.77	19.79
Architecture	GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Vega 10	GP104
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	27 June 2017 (7 years ago)	6 February 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	$815

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Vega Frontier Edition has 12% better value for money than Quadro P4000.

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	4096	1792
Core clock speed	1382 MHz	1202 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1480 MHz
Number of transistors	12,500 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	409.6	165.8
Floating-point processing power	13.11 TFLOPS	5.304 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	64
TMUs	256	112

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin

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	HBM2	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	945 MHz	1901 MHz
Memory bandwidth	483.8 GB/s	192 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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort
HDMI	+	-
Display Port	no data	1.4

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	+
nView Display Management	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.125	+
CUDA	-	6.1

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.

Vega Frontier Edition 32.56
+12.2%

Quadro P4000 29.03

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.

Vega Frontier Edition 13013
+12.2%

Quadro P4000 11603

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.

Vega Frontier Edition 75767
+83.3%

Quadro P4000 41343

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Vega Frontier Edition 71947
+72.4%

Quadro P4000 41722

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

75−80
+8.7%

−8.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

13.32
−12.8%

11.81

+12.8%

Quadro P4000 has 13% lower cost per frame in 1080p

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Metro Exodus	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Valorant	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Dota 2	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Fortnite	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	100−105 +0%	100−105 +0%
Metro Exodus	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Valorant	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
World of Tanks	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Dota 2	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Valorant	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
World of Tanks	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Dota 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Dota 2	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Fortnite	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Valorant	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

This is how Vega Frontier Edition and Quadro P4000 compete in popular games:

Vega Frontier Edition is 9% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	32.56	29.03
Recency	27 June 2017	6 February 2017
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	100 Watt

Vega Frontier Edition has a 12.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

Quadro P4000, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P4000 in performance tests.

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