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NVIDIA Quadro P4200 vs NVIDIA RTX A4000 Laptop GPU vs NVIDIA Quadro P3000 Max-Q

NVIDIA Quadro P4200

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The Nvidia Quadro P4200 is a mobile high-end workstation graphics card for notebooks. It is based on the GP104 chip (like the consumer GeForce GTX 1070 or 1080 for laptops) and features 2304 shader cores. The clock rate is not disclosed but the theoretical SP performance is rated at 8.9 TFLOPs (for the fast Max-P version) and therefore faster than the old Quadro P5000 but below the Quadro P5200 (see table below). The P4200 is equipped with 8 GB GDDR5 which leads to 224 GB7s peak bandwidth due to the 256 Bit memory bus. There are two variants available, a Max-P performance version and a Max-Q version tuned for efficiency (with lower clock speeds).

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.

Power Consumption

The power consumption of the Quadro P4200 is rated at 115 Watt TGP (max power consumption incl. memory) and therefore 15 Watt more than the Quadro P5000. The card is therefore best suited for large 17-inch notebooks.

NVIDIA RTX A4000 Laptop GPU

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The NVIDIA RTX A4000 Laptop GPU or A4000 Mobile is a professional graphics card for mobile workstations. It is based on the GA104 Ampere chip and similar to the consumer GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU. It offers the same 5.120 graphics cores, 40 RT cores, 160 Tensor cores and 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a 256 Bit memory bus. It supports PCIe 4.0 and will be available in different variants from 80 - 140 Watt (TGP) with different clock speeds (and performance). The GPU supports eDP 1.4b to connect the internal monitor and DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.1 for external connections.

There is no more Max-Q variant (formerly used for the low power variants) but every OEM can choose to implement Max-Q technologies (Dynamic Boost, WhisperMode).

The raw performance should be similar to the GeForce RTX 3070 for laptops at the same TGP level. Both GPUs depend heavily on good cooling and a high TGP for good performance. At a similar power consumption level the RTX A4000 should be clearly faster than the old Quadro RTX 4000 and 4000 Max-Q. The desktop variant of the A4000 however, is a lot faster.

The GA104 chip offers 6,144 FP32 ALUs of which half can also execute INT32 instructions (i.e. 3,072 INT32 ALUs). With Turing all shaders could still execute FP32 or INT32 instructions. The raytracing and tensor cores on the chip were also improved according to Nvidia. The A4000 only uses 5,120 of the 6,144 CUDA cores. The Ampere chips also include an improved 5th generation video encoder (NVENC for H.264 and H.265) and a 7th generation decoder (for various formats now including AV1).

The GA104 chip is manufactured by Samsung in 8nm (8N), which is not quite able to keep up with the 7nm node at TSMC (e.g. used by AMD and also for the professional GA100 Ampere chip).

NVIDIA Quadro P3000 Max-Q

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The Nvidia Quadro P3000 Max-Q (official Nvidia Quadro P3000 with Max-Q Design) is a mobile high-end workstation graphics card for notebooks. Similar to the consumer GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop), it is based on the GP106 chip with 1280 shaders. The graphics card is the more efficient version of the normal Quadro P3000 with slightly reduced clock speeds at a much reduced power consumption (60 Watt versus 75 Watt TGP).

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.

Performance

The theoretical performance should be only slightly below the normal Quadro P3000 (as it was with the Max-Q GTX 1060 versus the normal GTX 1060).

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NVIDIA Quadro P4200NVIDIA RTX A4000 Laptop GPUNVIDIA Quadro P3000 Max-Q
Quadro P Series
Quadro P5200 2560 @ 1.32 - 1.57 GHz256 Bit @ 7216 MHz
Quadro P4200 2304 @ 1.22 - 1.48 GHz256 Bit @ 7132 MHz
Quadro P5000 2048 @ 1.16 - 1.51 GHz256 Bit @ 6006 MHz
Quadro P5000 Max-Q 2048 @ 1.1 - 1.37 GHz256 Bit @ 6006 MHz
Quadro P4000 1792 @ 1.2 - 1.23 GHz256 Bit @ 6006 MHz
Quadro P4000 Max-Q 1792 @ 1.11 - 1.24 GHz256 Bit @ 6006 MHz
Quadro P3200 1792 @ 0.71 - 1.23 GHz192 Bit @ 7008 MHz
Quadro P3000 1280 @ 1.09 - 1.22 GHz192 Bit @ 7008 MHz
Quadro P3000 Max-Q 1280 @ 1.08 - 1.24 GHz192 Bit @ 7008 MHz
Quadro P2000 768 @ 1.22 - 1.47 GHz128 Bit @ 6008 MHz
Quadro P2000 Max-Q 768 @ 1.22 - 1.47 GHz128 Bit @ 6008 MHz
Quadro P1000 512 @ 1.49 - 1.52 GHz128 Bit @ 6008 MHz
Quadro P620 512 @ 1.18 - 1.44 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
RTX A5500 Laptop GPU 7424 256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
RTX A4500 Laptop GPU 5888 @ 0.93 - 1.5 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
RTX A5000 Laptop GPU 6144 @ 1.22 - 1.77 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
RTX A4000 Laptop GPU 5120 @ 0.78 - 1.68 GHz256 Bit @ 12000 MHz
RTX A3000 Laptop GPU 4096 @ 1.08 - 1.56 GHz192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
RTX A2000 3328 @ 0.56 - 1.2 GHz192 Bit @ 12000 MHz
RTX A2000 Laptop GPU 2560 @ 0.89 - 1.69 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
RTX A1000 Laptop GPU 2048 128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
RTX A500 Laptop GPU 2048 64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro P5200 2560 @ 1.32 - 1.57 GHz256 Bit @ 7216 MHz
Quadro P4200 2304 @ 1.22 - 1.48 GHz256 Bit @ 7132 MHz
Quadro P5000 2048 @ 1.16 - 1.51 GHz256 Bit @ 6006 MHz
Quadro P5000 Max-Q 2048 @ 1.1 - 1.37 GHz256 Bit @ 6006 MHz
Quadro P4000 1792 @ 1.2 - 1.23 GHz256 Bit @ 6006 MHz
Quadro P4000 Max-Q 1792 @ 1.11 - 1.24 GHz256 Bit @ 6006 MHz
Quadro P3200 1792 @ 0.71 - 1.23 GHz192 Bit @ 7008 MHz
Quadro P3000 1280 @ 1.09 - 1.22 GHz192 Bit @ 7008 MHz
Quadro P3000 Max-Q 1280 @ 1.08 - 1.24 GHz192 Bit @ 7008 MHz
Quadro P2000 768 @ 1.22 - 1.47 GHz128 Bit @ 6008 MHz
Quadro P2000 Max-Q 768 @ 1.22 - 1.47 GHz128 Bit @ 6008 MHz
Quadro P1000 512 @ 1.49 - 1.52 GHz128 Bit @ 6008 MHz
Quadro P620 512 @ 1.18 - 1.44 GHz128 Bit @ 6000 MHz
ArchitecturePascalAmperePascal
Pipelines2304 - unified5120 - unified1280 - unified
Core Speed1215 - 1480 (Boost) MHz780 - 1680 (Boost) MHz1075 - 1240 (Boost) MHz
Memory Speed7132 MHz12000 effective = 1500 MHz7008 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit256 Bit192 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR5GDDR6GDDR5
Max. Amount of Memory8 GB8 GB16 GB
Shared Memorynonono
APIDirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.5DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6DirectX 12_1, Shader 5.0, OpenGL 4.5
Power Consumption115 Watt140 Watt (80 - 125 Watt TGP)60 Watt
technology16 nm8 nm16 nm
FeaturesOptimus, PhysX, 3D Vision Pro, nView, OptimusDisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1, PCIe 4.0 x16, 17.8 SP-FP TFLOPS Peak, 143 Tensor Performance Peak, up to 384 GB/s Memory Bandwidth, Resizable BAR, Support for Modern StandbyOptimus, PhysX, 3D Vision Pro, nView, Optimus
Notebook Sizelargelargelarge
Date of Announcement07.05.2018 12.04.2021 01.09.2017
CodenameGA104N17E-Q1 Max-Q
TMUs160
ROPs80
Raytracing Cores40
Tensor / AI Cores160
Theoretical Performance17.8 TFLOPS FP32
CacheL2: 4 MB
Memory Bandwidth384 GB/s
PCIe4.0
DisplaysHDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 11280     avg: 12485     median: 12485 (19%)     max: 13690 Points

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro P4200 → 0% n=0

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