The Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 with Max-Q Design is a professional high-end graphics card for powerful laptops and mobile workstations. The Max-Q variants are lower clocked versions that are running more efficient and can be used in smaller chassis than the regular versions. It is based on the same TU104 chip as the consumer GeForce RTX 2080 (mobile) but offers fewer shaders (2,560) and is therefore positioned between the GeForce RTX 2080 (2,944) and 2070 (2,304). Currently we know of three different Max-Q variants with a power consumption (TGP) of 90, 85 and 80 Watt and different clock speeds.
Model | Shader | TGP (W) | Base (MHz) | Boost (MHz) |
Quadro RTX 4000 Desktop | 2304 | 160 | 1005 | 1545 |
Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile | 2560 | 110 | 1350 | 1770 |
Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q | 2560 | 90 | 960 | 1485 |
Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q | 2560 | 85 | 900 | 1440 |
Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q | 2560 | 80 | 780 | 1380 |
GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile | 2304 | 115? | 1215 | 1440 |
The Quadro GPUs offer certified drivers, which are optimized for stability and performance in professional applications (CAD, DCC, medical, prospection, and visualizing applications). The performance in these areas is therefore much better compared to corresponding consumer GPUs.
NVIDIA manufacturers the TU104 chip on a 12 nm FinFET process and includes features like Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and Real-Time Ray Tracing (RTRT), which should combine to create more realistic lighting effects than older GPUs based on the company's Pascal architecture (if the games support it). The Quadro RTX 5000 is also DisplayPort 1.4 ready, while there is also support for HDMI 2.0b, HDR, Simultaneous Multi-Projection (SMP) and H.265 video en/decoding (PlayReady 3.0).
Performance
For professional applications, the Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q should be only slightly above the mobile Quadro RTX 3000 (depending on the version). Compared to consumer cards, the mobile RTX 2070 will offer a similar performance (or slightly lower).
The still relatively high power consumption of the RTX4000 Max-Q makes the card most suited for big laptops although we should see thinner designs with the Max-Q variants.
Quadro Turing Series |
Codename | N19E-Q3 MAX-Q |
Architecture | Turing |
Pipelines | 2560 - unified |
Core Speed | 780 - 960 - 1380 - 1485 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 14000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR6 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 8 GB |
Shared Memory | no |
API | DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6 |
Power Consumption | 80 - 90 Watt |
Transistor Count | 10.8 Billion |
technology | 12 nm |
Features | DLSS, Raytraycing, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor |
Notebook Size | large |
Date of Announcement | 27.05.2019 |
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 19079 avg: 19888 median: 19888 (24%) max: 20697 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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100% | 92% |
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 23464 avg: 23574 median: 23574 (18%) max: 23684 Points
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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99% | 100% |
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SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 112.1 avg: 121.1 median: 121.1 (32%) max: 130 fps
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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100% | 86% |
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specvp13 snx-03 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 225.4 avg: 245.2 median: 245.2 (27%) max: 265 fps
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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100% | 85% |
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specvp13 showcase-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
min: 89.3 avg: 93 median: 93 (20%) max: 96.6 fps
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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100% | 92% |
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min: 162 avg: 185 median: 185 (21%) max: 208 fps
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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100% | 78% |
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specvp13 creo-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 162.1 avg: 186.1 median: 186.1 (27%) max: 210 fps
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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100% | 77% |
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specvp13 catia-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 181.6 avg: 204.8 median: 204.8 (23%) max: 228 fps
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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100% | 80% |
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specvp13 3dsmax-06 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 129.5 avg: 150.8 median: 150.8 (26%) max: 172 fps
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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100% | 75% |
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Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 191 avg: 210.5 median: 210.5 (12%) max: 230 fps
GPU TDP ? | TDP 80 W |
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100% | 83% |
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.