GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs FirePro W5000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking523not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.49no data
Power efficiency7.08no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnAD103
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date7 August 2012 (12 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7689728
Core clock speed825 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1455 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate39.60442.3
Floating-point processing power1.267 TFLOPS28.31 TFLOPS
ROPs32112
TMUs48304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length183 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorfull height / half lengthno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth102.4 GB/s448.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

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 DVI, 2x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
DisplayPort count2no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 August 2012 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 80 Watt

FirePro W5000 has 6.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro W5000 and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro W5000 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook 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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