NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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Combined performance score

Vega Frontier Edition
34.39
+4.2%

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking141151
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money6.17no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameVega 10N19E-Q3 MAX-Q
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date27 June 2017 (6 years old)27 May 2019 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 no data
Current price$961 (1x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40962560
Core clock speed1382 MHz780 - 960 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1380 - 1485 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt80 - 90 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6220.8
Floating-point performance13,107 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q 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). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

Memory

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1890 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 GB/s416.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC supportno data+

Technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.1251.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 34.39
+4.2%
RTX 4000 Max-Q 33.01

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q by 4% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Vega Frontier Edition 13326
+4.2%
RTX 4000 Max-Q 12794

Radeon Vega Frontier Edition outperforms Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q by 4% in Passmark.

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 HD90−95
+1.1%
89
−1.1%
1440p45−50
−2.2%
46
+2.2%
4K50−55
+4.2%
48
−4.2%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 34.39 33.01
Recency 27 June 2017 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 80 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q. The differences in performance seem too small.

Be aware that Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is a desktop 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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