NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
The Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 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 Max-Q but offers more shaders (128 more). Compared to the desktop RTX 5000, the mobile variant offers lower clock speeds. There are different versions available with 90, 85 and 80 Watt TGP power consumption.
Model | TGP (W) | Base (MHz) | Boost (MHz) |
Quadro RTX 5000 Desktop | 230 | 1620 | 1815 |
Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile | 150 | 1350 | 1770 |
Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile | 110 | 1035 | 1545 |
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q | 90 | 930 | 1455 |
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q | 85 | 765 | 1395 |
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q | 80 | 600 | 1350 |
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
Compared to the regular Quadro RTX 5000 version, the Max-Q variants can be up to 27% slower (lower Turbo speeds) and therefore reach levels of the slower RTX 4000. Compared to consumer verisons, the Quadro variants have advantages due to the professional drivers and the large VRAM.
The still relatively high power consumption of the RTX5000 Max-Q makes the card most suited for big laptops.
Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
Quadro Turing Series | |
Codename | N19E-Q5 MAX-Q |
Architecture | Turing |
Pipelines | 3072 - unified |
Core Speed | 600 - 930 - 1350 - 1455 (Boost) MHz |
Memory Speed | 14000 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 256 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR6 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 16384 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
DirectX | DirectX 12_1 |
Transistor Count | 13600 Million |
technology | 12 nm |
Features | NVLink, DLSS, Raytraycing, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor |
Notebook Size | large |
Date of Announcement | 27.05.2019 |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
35.5 pt (37%)
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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 172%
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 6801 avg: 7289 median: 7282.5 (41%) max: 7920 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 6999 avg: 7432 median: 7396 (38%) max: 7977 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 414147 avg: 428807 median: 433183 (68%) max: 439090 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
47453 Points (7%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 790%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 25769 avg: 34615 median: 32096 (43%) max: 52005 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 107%
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 50993 avg: 78524 median: 64768 (32%) max: 126073 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 16005 avg: 16773 median: 16600.5 (43%) max: 18226 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 130%
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 18247 avg: 19825 median: 19790 (40%) max: 21115 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 151%
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 70493 avg: 94644 median: 94644 (13%) max: 118795 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 379%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 19250 avg: 21300 median: 20890 (54%) max: 23789 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 79%
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 24156 avg: 26602 median: 26465 (45%) max: 28524 Points
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3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 52289 avg: 53221 median: 53221 (52%) max: 54153 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 81%
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX +3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 62319 avg: 62862 median: 62861.5 (58%) max: 63404 Points
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3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 +min: 38739 avg: 40510 median: 40509.5 (75%) max: 42280 Points
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 16%
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
94.6 fps (48%)
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 102%
Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 DX 11
237 fps (78%)
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Unigine Heaven 3.0 - Unigine Heaven 3.0 OpenGL
175 fps (78%)
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
236 fps (44%)
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SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
min: 106.8 avg: 126 median: 122.8 (53%) max: 156.91 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 19%
specvp12 snx-02 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
min: 120.68 avg: 140 median: 138.4 (50%) max: 165.01 fps
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specvp12 showcase-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
min: 89 avg: 95.8 median: 96.5 (41%) max: 100.26 fps
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specvp12 mediacal-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
min: 57.83 avg: 62.6 median: 62.7 (57%) max: 66.4 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 23%
specvp12 maya-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
min: 70.29 avg: 83.4 median: 81.6 (35%) max: 105.42 fps
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specvp12 energy-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
min: 13.3 avg: 14.5 median: 14.3 (50%) max: 16.1 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 96%
specvp12 creo-01 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
min: 114.13 avg: 127 median: 125.2 (71%) max: 145.14 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) -6%
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specvp12 catia-04 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
min: 113.08 avg: 126 median: 123.6 (46%) max: 154.88 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 89%
specvp12 3dsmax-05 +SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
min: 158.88 avg: 176 median: 180.9 (55%) max: 184.3 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) -5%
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SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
min: 119.66 avg: 135 median: 133.9 (62%) max: 158.94 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 43%
specvp13 snx-03 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
min: 244.13 avg: 287 median: 289.8 (59%) max: 306.13 fps
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specvp13 showcase-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
min: 89.2 avg: 95.2 median: 95.5 (40%) max: 98.74 fps
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specvp13 medical-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
min: 79.03 avg: 89.8 median: 89.8 (67%) max: 102.53 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 45%
specvp13 maya-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
min: 179.51 avg: 206 median: 206 (44%) max: 231.32 fps
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -22%
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specvp13 energy-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
min: 35.39 avg: 37.3 median: 36.9 (63%) max: 39.92 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 57%
specvp13 creo-02 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
min: 181.9 avg: 218 median: 220.5 (62%) max: 238.42 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 27%
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specvp13 catia-05 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
min: 186.86 avg: 222 median: 220.4 (51%) max: 259.66 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 86%
specvp13 3dsmax-06 +SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
min: 157.31 avg: 175 median: 176.5 (53%) max: 181.8 fps
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Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) +Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 6814 avg: 6821 median: 6819 (32%) max: 6830 points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 0%
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Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 130.9 avg: 140 median: 140.2 (62%) max: 149.4 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 21%
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 175.25 avg: 206 median: 210 (59%) max: 230 fps
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 30%
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit +Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
min: 99.6 avg: 99.6 median: 99.6 (100%) max: 99.62 %
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GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 +GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 1281.9 avg: 1335 median: 1334.7 (11%) max: 1387.4 fps
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GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16 +GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GLBench 2.7 T-Rex HD Onscreen C24Z16
min: 60 avg: 307 median: 307.2 (9%) max: 554.3 fps
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 511.82 avg: 522 median: 521.7 (57%) max: 531.5 fps
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GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan
min: 60.1 avg: 194 median: 193.9 (53%) max: 327.7 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Onscreen
60.1 fps (38%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 138.7 avg: 153 median: 153 (63%) max: 167.2 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Onscreen
60.1 fps (29%)
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GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 343.2 avg: 383 median: 383.1 (66%) max: 422.9 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
min: 300.8 avg: 312 median: 311.8 (72%) max: 322.7 fps
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GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen
min: 60.1 avg: 163 median: 162.8 (61%) max: 265.3999938964844 fps
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Room GPU
min: 1972 avg: 1990 median: 1990 (20%) max: 2008 Samples/s
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LuxMark v2.0 64Bit - LuxMark v2.0 Sala GPU
min: 4913 avg: 4983 median: 4983 (18%) max: 5053 Samples/s
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 462%
ComputeMark v2.1 - ComputeMark v2.1 Result
min: 14095 avg: 14179 median: 14178.5 (30%) max: 14262 points
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Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 117 avg: 126 median: 126 (23%) max: 135 Watt
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Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 122 avg: 123 median: 123 (21%) max: 124 Watt
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Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 145 avg: 152 median: 151.6 (33%) max: 157.5 Watt
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Witcher 3 ultra
min: 1137 avg: 1171 median: 1170.5 (61%) max: 1204 MHz
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Clock Speed - GPU Clock Speed Furmark
min: 465 avg: 920 median: 919.5 (47%) max: 1374 MHz
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 115%
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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
Game Benchmarks
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.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) 22%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 92%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -16%
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 99%
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -19%
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 100%
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 120%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Additional Benchmarks
Ultra Preset + Ultra Ray Tracing (DX12) 1920x1080
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop) -13%
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q
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AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (Desktop) 51%
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