Quadro P4000 Mobile vs Radeon R9 290

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 290 with Quadro P4000 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

R9 290
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 275 Watt
21.00
+1.8%

R9 290 outperforms P4000 Mobile by a minimal 2% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking262267
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.027.90
Power efficiency5.2414.14
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameHawaiiGP104
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date5 November 2013 (11 years ago)11 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 $819.61

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R9 290 has 2% better value for money than P4000 Mobile.

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 cores25601792
Core clock speed947 MHz1227 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1228 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate151.5137.4
Floating-point processing power4.849 TFLOPS4.398 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs160112

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length275 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/s192 GB/s
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-
Display Portno data1.4

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus-+
3D Stereono data+
Mosaicno data+
nView Display Managementno data+
Optimusno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA-6.1

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.

R9 290 21.00
+1.8%
P4000 Mobile 20.62

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

R9 290 11860
P4000 Mobile 12259
+3.4%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.00 20.62
Recency 5 November 2013 11 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 100 Watt

R9 290 has a 1.8% higher aggregate performance score.

P4000 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 175% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon R9 290 and Quadro P4000 Mobile.

Be aware that Radeon R9 290 is a desktop card while Quadro P4000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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