Quadro P4200 Max-Q vs RTX A2000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared RTX A2000 with Quadro P4200 Max-Q, including specs and performance data.

RTX A2000
2021
6 GB GDDR6, 70 Watt
35.59
+20%

RTX A2000 outperforms P4200 Max-Q by a significant 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking136187
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation85.86no data
Power efficiency35.2120.54
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGA106GP104
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date10 August 2021 (3 years ago)21 February 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 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 cores33282304
Core clock speed562 MHz1215 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1480 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate124.8213.1
Floating-point processing power7.987 TFLOPS6.82 TFLOPS
ROPs4864
TMUs104144
Tensor Cores104no data
Ray Tracing Cores26no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length167 mmno data
Width2-slotno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1753 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s224.4 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 mini-DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.86.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.66.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX A2000 35.59
+20%
P4200 Max-Q 29.66

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX A2000 13732
+20%
P4200 Max-Q 11446

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 HD96
+20%
80−85
−20%
1440p46
+31.4%
35−40
−31.4%
4K29
+20.8%
24−27
−20.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p4.68no data
1440p9.76no data
4K15.48no data

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.59 29.66
Recency 10 August 2021 21 February 2018
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 100 Watt

RTX A2000 has a 20% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

P4200 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The RTX A2000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P4200 Max-Q in performance tests.

Be aware that RTX A2000 is a workstation card while Quadro P4200 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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