GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs Quadro GV100

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking51not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.61no data
Power efficiency14.83no data
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGV100AD103
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date27 March 2018 (6 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$8,999 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 cores51209728
Core clock speed1132 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1627 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors21,100 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate520.6442.3
Floating-point processing power16.66 TFLOPS28.31 TFLOPS
ROPs128112
TMUs320304
Tensor Cores640304
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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB16 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed848 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth868.4 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 Connectors4x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.08.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 March 2018 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 80 Watt

Quadro GV100 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4090 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% more advanced lithography process, and 212.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro GV100 and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro GV100 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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