Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs Quadro T1000 Max-Q

Place in the ranking	311	480
Place by popularity	not in top-100	29
Power efficiency	24.21	42.01
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code name	TU117	Vega
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)	7 January 2020 (4 years ago)

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 cores	896	512
Core clock speed	765 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	2100 MHz
Number of transistors	4,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	75.60	no data
Floating-point processing power	2.419 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	56	no data

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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 type	GDDR5	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1250 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.6	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2	-
CUDA	7.5	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	40−45 +81.8%	22 −81.8%
1440p	30−35 +87.5%	16 −87.5%
4K	18−20 +80%	10 −80%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

27−30
+42.1%

−42.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +77.3%	21−24 −77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +45%	20 −45%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +104%	27−30 −104%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +84.2%	18−20 −84.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +92.9%	14 −92.9%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +95.2%	21−24 −95.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +80.8%	24−27 −80.8%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +80.3%	60−65 −80.3%
Hitman 3	30−35 +120%	15 −120%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 +68.6%	50−55 −68.6%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +71.4%	35 −71.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +42.4%	33 −42.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +58.3%	36 −58.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +41.7%	60−65 −41.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +77.3%	21−24 −77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +81.3%	16 −81.3%
Battlefield 5	55−60 +104%	27−30 −104%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +84.2%	18−20 −84.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +170%	10 −170%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +95.2%	21−24 −95.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +80.8%	24−27 −80.8%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +80.3%	60−65 −80.3%
Hitman 3	30−35 +120%	15 −120%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 +68.6%	50−55 −68.6%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +140%	25 −140%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +88%	24−27 −88%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +111%	27 −111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +60%	24−27 −60%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +41.7%	60−65 −41.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +77.3%	21−24 −77.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 +107%	14 −107%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +84.2%	18−20 −84.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +200%	9 −200%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +95.2%	21−24 −95.2%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +80.3%	60−65 −80.3%
Hitman 3	30−35 +136%	14 −136%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 +258%	24 −258%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +148%	23 −148%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +186%	14 −186%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +608%	12 −608%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50
+124%

−124%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +88.9%	18−20 −88.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +92.9%	14−16 −92.9%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +100%	9−10 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +36.4%	11 −36.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	18−20 +111%	9−10 −111%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +100%	5 −100%
Far Cry 5	20−22 +100%	10−11 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 +141%	35−40 −141%
Hitman 3	21−24 +110%	10 −110%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +75%	20 −75%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +88.2%	17 −88.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +113%	16 −113%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +138%	8−9 −138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 +78%	59 −78%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

27−30
+123%

−123%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +113%	8−9 −113%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Hitman 3	12−14 +160%	5−6 −160%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 +141%	35−40 −141%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +157%	7−8 −157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +80%	5−6 −80%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +118%	10−12 −118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +100%	9 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+66.7%

9−10

−66.7%

This is how T1000 Max-Q and RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

T1000 Max-Q is 82% faster in 1080p
T1000 Max-Q is 88% faster in 1440p
T1000 Max-Q is 80% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the T1000 Max-Q is 608% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, T1000 Max-Q surpassed RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	17.37	9.04
Recency	27 May 2019	7 January 2020
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt

T1000 Max-Q has a 92.1% higher aggregate performance score.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, a 71.4% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

The Quadro T1000 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro T1000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.