Quadro P4000 vs Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Vega Frontier Edition and Quadro P4000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Vega Frontier Edition
2017
16 GB HBM2, 300 Watt
33.84
+12.2%

Vega Frontier Edition outperforms P4000 by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking156187
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.2117.25
Power efficiency7.7319.70
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameVega 10GP104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)6 February 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $815

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Vega Frontier Edition has 11% better value for money than Quadro P4000.

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 cores40961792
Core clock speed1382 MHz1202 MHz
Boost clock speed1600 MHz1480 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate409.6165.8
Floating-point processing power13.11 TFLOPS5.304 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs256112

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 3.0 x16
Length267 mm241 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 6-pin

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 typeHBM2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB8 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed945 MHz1901 MHz
Memory bandwidth483.8 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort
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_1)12
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.1.125+
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.

Vega Frontier Edition 33.84
+12.2%
Quadro P4000 30.17

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.

Vega Frontier Edition 13039
+12.2%
Quadro P4000 11624

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Vega Frontier Edition 76041
+82.8%
Quadro P4000 41604

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Vega Frontier Edition 71536
+69.1%
Quadro P4000 42295

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 HD80−85
+11.1%
72
−11.1%

Cost per frame, $

1080p12.4911.32

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Battlefield 5 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Hitman 3 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Battlefield 5 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Hitman 3 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Far Cry 5 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%
Hitman 3 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 41
+0%
41
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Hitman 3 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65−70
+0%
65−70
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 160−170
+0%
160−170
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Hitman 3 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

This is how Vega Frontier Edition and Quadro P4000 compete in popular games:

  • Vega Frontier Edition is 11% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 33.84 30.17
Recency 27 June 2017 6 February 2017
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 100 Watt

Vega Frontier Edition has a 12.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

Quadro P4000, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Vega Frontier Edition is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P4000 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
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