NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop) vs NVIDIA Quadro T1000 Max-Q

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

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.

Features

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.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

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The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the fastest desktop consumer graphics card (beginning 2017). It is based on the same GP107 chip as the Titan X but with slightly higher clock speeds and a different memory configuration. It offers one memory controller less (and 11 instead of 12 GB), but the GDDR5X memory is faster clocked (11 GHz) leading to a comparable memory bandwidth. Due to the higher boost clock, the 1080Ti should be around 5 % faster compared to the Pascal Titan X and about 35 % faster compared to the GTX 1080. The TDP is equal to the Titan X with 250 Watt. A new cooler of the Founders Edition should be more efficient and quieter.

NVIDIA Quadro T1000 Max-Q

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The Nvidia Quadro T1000 with Max-Q Design is a professional mobile graphics card that is based on the Turing architecture (TU117 chip). Compared to the consumer GTX 1650, the Quadro T1000 features less CUDA cores / shaders (768 versus 896). The chip is manufactured in 12nm FinFET at TSMC. Compared to the normal Quadro T1000, the Max-Q variants are clocked lower and work in a more efficient state. Currently, we know of two variants with different clock speeds and power consumptions (35 and 40 W).

Model	Shader	TGP (W)	Base (MHz)	Boost (MHz)
Quadro T1000 Mobile	768	50	1395	1455
Quadro T1000 Max-Q	768	40	1230	1455
Quadro T1000 Max-Q	768	35	795	1455
Quadro T2000 Mobile	1024	60	1575	1785
GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile	896	50	1395	1560

The Quadro T1000 is a mobile graphics card that is based on the Turing architecture (TU116 chip). Compared to the faster RTX 2000 GPUs (e.g. RTX 2060), the T1000 integrates no Raytracing or Tensor cores. Due to the same boost clock as the mobile T1000, the Max-Q variants can perform similar with sufficient cooling.

The Turing generation did not only introduce raytracing for the RTX cards, but also optimized the architecture of the cores and caches. According to Nvidia the CUDA cores offer now a concurrent execution of floating point and integer operations for increased performance in compute-heavy workloads of modern games. Furthermore, the caches were reworked (new unified memory architecture with twice the cache compared to Pascal). This leads to up to 50% more instructions per clock and a 40% more power efficient usage compared to Pascal.

Thanks to the low power consumption, the Max-Q T2000 GPU can be used in thin and light laptops. The used TU116 chip is manufactured in 12nm FFN at TSMC.

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)

NVIDIA Quadro T1000 Max-Q

Quadro Turing Series

Quadro RTX 6000 (Laptop)	4608 @ 1.28 - 1.46 GHz	384 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop)	3072 @ 1.04 - 1.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q	3072 @ 0.6 - 1.35 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 4000 (Laptop)	2560 @ 1.11 - 1.56 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q	2560 @ 0.78 - 1.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 3000 (Laptop)	1920 @ 0.95 - 1.38 GHz	192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q	1920 @ 0.6 - 1.22 GHz	192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro T2000 (Laptop)	1024 @ 1.58 - 1.79 GHz	128 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Quadro T2000 Max-Q	1024 @ 0.93 - 1.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 8000 MHz
T1200 Laptop GPU	1024 @ 0.86 - 1.43 GHz	128 Bit @ 10000 MHz
Quadro T1000 (Laptop)	768 @ 1.4 - 1.46 GHz	128 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Quadro T1000 Max-Q	768 @ 0.8 - 1.46 GHz	128 Bit @ 8000 MHz
T600 Laptop GPU	896 @ 1.4 GHz	128 Bit @ 10000 MHz
T550 Laptop GPU	1024 @ 1.07 - 1.67 GHz	64 Bit @ 12000 MHz
T500 Laptop GPU	896 @ 1.37 - 1.7 GHz	64 Bit @ 10000 MHz
T600	640 @ 0.74 - 1.34 GHz	128 Bit @ 10000 MHz

GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	3584 @ 1.48 - 1.6 GHz	352 Bit @ 11000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 SLI (Laptop)	5120 @ 1.56 - 1.73 GHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Desktop)	3840 @ 1.51 - 1.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop)	4096 @ 1.44 - 1.65 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)	2560 @ 1.61 - 1.73 GHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile	2560 @ 1.57 - 1.73 GHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)	2432 @ 1.61 - 1.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)	1920 @ 1.51 - 1.68 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q	2560 @ 1.1 - 1.28 GHz	256 Bit @ 10000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile	2048 @ 1.44 - 1.65 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q	2048 @ 1.1 - 1.27 GHz	256 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop)	1280 @ 1.51 - 1.71 GHz	192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile	1280 @ 1.4 - 1.67 GHz	192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q	1280 @ 1.06 - 1.34 GHz	192 Bit @ 8000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile	768 @ 1.49 - 1.62 GHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)	768 @ 1.29 - 1.39 GHz	128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q	768 @ 1.15 - 1.29 GHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)	640 @ 1.35 - 1.46 GHz	128 Bit @ 7008 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile	640 @ 1.35 - 1.49 GHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q	640 @ 1 - 1.14 GHz	128 Bit @ 7000 MHz
GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	384 @ 1.23 - 1.67 GHz	64 Bit @ 6000 MHz

Quadro RTX 6000 (Laptop)	4608 @ 1.28 - 1.46 GHz	384 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 5000 (Laptop)	3072 @ 1.04 - 1.55 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 5000 Max-Q	3072 @ 0.6 - 1.35 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 4000 (Laptop)	2560 @ 1.11 - 1.56 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q	2560 @ 0.78 - 1.38 GHz	256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 3000 (Laptop)	1920 @ 0.95 - 1.38 GHz	192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q	1920 @ 0.6 - 1.22 GHz	192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Quadro T2000 (Laptop)	1024 @ 1.58 - 1.79 GHz	128 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Quadro T2000 Max-Q	1024 @ 0.93 - 1.5 GHz	128 Bit @ 8000 MHz
T1200 Laptop GPU	1024 @ 0.86 - 1.43 GHz	128 Bit @ 10000 MHz
Quadro T1000 (Laptop)	768 @ 1.4 - 1.46 GHz	128 Bit @ 8000 MHz
Quadro T1000 Max-Q	768 @ 0.8 - 1.46 GHz	128 Bit @ 8000 MHz
T600 Laptop GPU	896 @ 1.4 GHz	128 Bit @ 10000 MHz
T550 Laptop GPU	1024 @ 1.07 - 1.67 GHz	64 Bit @ 12000 MHz
T500 Laptop GPU	896 @ 1.37 - 1.7 GHz	64 Bit @ 10000 MHz
T600	640 @ 0.74 - 1.34 GHz	128 Bit @ 10000 MHz

Codename

N19E-Q3 MAX-Q

GP102

N19P-Q1

Architecture

Turing

Pascal

Turing

Pipelines

2560 - unified

3584 - unified

768 - unified

Core Speed

780 - 960 - 1380 - 1485 (Boost) MHz

1481 - 1600 (Boost) MHz

795 / 1230 - 1455 (Boost) MHz

Memory Speed

14000 MHz

11000 MHz

8000 MHz

Memory Bus Width

256 Bit

352 Bit

128 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR6

GDDR5X

GDDR5

Max. Amount of Memory

8 GB

11 GB

4 GB

Shared Memory

API

DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6

DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.5 / Vulkan

DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6

Power Consumption

80 - 90 Watt

250 Watt

35 - 40 Watt

Transistors

10.8 Billion

12 Billion

technology

12 nm

16 nm

12 nm

Features

DLSS, Raytraycing, VR Ready, G-SYNC, Vulkan, Multi Monitor

DP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, HDCP 2.2, CUDA, PCIe 3.0, GPU Boost 3.0, G-SYNC

Notebook Size

large

medium sized

Date of Announcement

27.05.2019

28.02.2017

27.05.2019