GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs Titan X Pascal

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking157not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.91no data
Power efficiency9.27no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP102AD103
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 August 2016 (8 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 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 cores35849728
Core clock speed1417 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1531 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate342.9442.3
Floating-point processing power10.97 TFLOPS28.31 TFLOPS
ROPs96112
TMUs224304
Tensor Coresno data304
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 typeGDDR5XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1251 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth480.4 GB/s448.0 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

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
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 August 2016 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 4090 Max-Q has an age advantage of 6 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 300% more advanced lithography process, and 212.5% lower power consumption.

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

Be aware that Titan X Pascal is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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