Graphics cards for demanding workloads
Users working with high performance software can benefit from multiple graphics cards of different performance levels and cost points.
Workstation Usage | Primary Focus | AMD | NVIDIA® |
Engineering | Mechanical CAD (MCAD) | Radeon Pro WX7100 | Quadro RTX 4000 |
Computer-Aided Engineering / Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | Radeon Pro WX7100 | Quadro RTX 4000 | |
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) | Radeon Pro WX3200 | Quadro P620 | |
Architecture, Engineering and Design (AEC) | Radeon Pro WX5100 | Quadro P2200 | |
Real Time GPU Accelerated Rendering | Radeon Pro WX5700 | Quadro RTX 5000 | |
Mechanical Computer Aided Manufacturing (MCAM) | Radeon Pro WX3200 | Quadro P1000 | |
Media and entertainment | 3D Character Creation, Animation and Rendering | Radeon Pro W5700 | Quadro RTX 5000 |
Game Development Content Creation | Radeon Pro WX5700 | Quadro RTX 5000 | |
Film and Video Editing, Multimedia DVD/Blu-ray Authoring | Radeon Pro WX7100 | Quadro RTX 4000 | |
Broadcast and Post Production | Radeon Pro WX7100 | Quadro RTX 4000 | |
Image Editing and Prepress Page Design | Radeon Pro WX5100 | Quadro P2200 | |
Real Time GPU Accelerated Rendering | Radeon Pro WX5700 | Quadro RTX 6000 | |
Professional Audio Production | Radeon Pro WX3200 | Quadro P620 | |
Exploration and scientific | Geosciences (Petroleum Exploration and Management) | Radeon Pro WX5700 | Quadro RTX 6000 |
Geographic Information Systems | Radeon Pro WX3200 | Quadro P1000 | |
Medical Imaging and Analysis | Radeon Pro WX7100 | Quadro RTX 5000 | |
Visual Simulation | Radeon Pro WX7100 | Quadro RTX 4000 | |
Testing | Radeon Pro WX3200 | Quadro P620 | |
Economic and financial modeling | Financial Modeling/Derivative Pricing (SciFinance®–SciComp) | Radeon Pro WX 7100 | Quadro RTX4000 |
Trading Station | Radeon Pro WX3200 | Quadro P620 | |
Software development | Microsoft® Visual Studio or C++ | Radeon Pro WX2100 | Quadro P620 |
Intel® Parallel Studio or Intel Compiler | Radeon Pro WX2100 | Quadro P620 | |
Eclipse (Java™) (Linux®) | Radeon Pro WX2100 | Quadro P620 |
Radeon Pro Graphics Cards
Performance | High-end 3D & compute | Mid-Range 3D | Entry 3D | |||||
Graphics card | WX9100 | RTX4000 | WX7100 | WX5100 | WX4100 | WX3200 | WX3100 | WX2100 |
PCIe slot width | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Memory (GDDR5) | 16GB HMB2 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB | 4GB | 4GB | 4GB GDDR5 | 4GB | 2GB |
Max Resolution (# of DisplayPorts used) | 7680x4320 @ 60Hz (two DP) |
4x 3840x2160 @ 120 Hz 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz |
7680x4320 30bpp @60hz (two DP) | 7680x4320 30bpp @60hz (two DP) | 5120x2880 30bpp @ 60hz |
4 x 1920x1080 @ 60 HZ 4 x 3840x2160 @ 60 HZ 2 x 5120x2880 @ 60 HZ 1 x 7680x4320 @ 60 HZ |
5120x3200, 24bpp, 60Hz 3840x4320, 24bpp, 60Hz (half 8K) |
5120x3200, 24bpp, 60Hz 3840x4320, 24bpp, 60Hz (half 8K) |
Video connectors | 6 mini-Display Port |
3 Display Port 1 USB-C |
4 Display Port | 4 Display Port | 4 mini Display Port | 4 mini Display Port | 2 miniDP +DP | 2 miniDP +DP |
Est. max power | 250W | 160W | 130W | 75W | 50W | 50W | 50W | 50W |
Quadro Graphics Cards
Performance | High-end 3D & compute | Mid-Range 3D | Entry 3D | ||||||||
Graphics card | RTX8000 | RTX6000 | RTX5000 | P6000 | P5000 | P4000 | P2200 | P2000 | P1000 | P620 | P400 |
PCIe slot width | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Memory (GDDR5) | 48GB GDDR6 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR6 | 24GB GDDR5X | 8GB | 8GB | 5GB GDDR5 | 5GB | 4GB | 2GB | 2GB |
Max Resolution (# of DisplayPorts used) | 4x 3840 x 2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz | 4x 4096x2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz | 4x 4096x2160 @ 120 Hz, 4x 5120x2880 @ 60 Hz, 2x 7680x4320 @ 60 Hz | 7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP) | 7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP) | 7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP) | 4x 4096x2160 @ 120Hz 4x 5120x2880 @ 60Hz | 7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP) | 7680x4320 24bpp @120hz (four DP) 7680x4320 24bpp @60hz (two DP) | 5120x2880 24bpp @ 60hz | 5120x2880 24bpp @ 60hz |
Video connectors | 4 Display Port 1 USB-C | 4 Display Port 1 USB-C | 4 Display Port 1 USB-C | 1 Dual Link DVI-I 4 Display Port 1 Stereo (optional) SYNC connector | 1 Dual Link DVI-I 4 Display Port 1 Stereo (optional) SYNC connector | 4 Display Port 1 Stereo (optional) | 4 Display Port | 4 Display Port | 4 mini Display Port | 4 mini Display Port | 3 mini Display Port |
Est. max power | 295W | 295W | 265W | 250W | 180W | 120W | 75W | 75W | 47W | 40W | 30W |
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Name | VGA | DVI | DisplayPort (DP) or Mini DisplayPort | HDMI | DMS-59 |
Commonality | Very common but being removed on new monitors | Offered on some graphics cards for easy connection to existing monitors | common on new monitors and becoming the default | Common |
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Quality | Good | Better | Best | Best |
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Quality | Good | Better | Best | Best | Better |
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Monitor Input | VGA | DVI | Display Port | DMS-59 | mini-Display Port |
VGA | No adapter needed | DVI -> VGA adapter | DP -> VGA adapter | DMS-59 -> Dual DVI adapter, DVI to VGA, DVI to VGA | mDP => VGA |
DVI | Use monitor VGA connector | Check the type of DVI | DP -> DVI SL adapter | DMS-59 -> Dual DVI adapter | mDP->DVI adaptor |
DP | Use VGA connector or look to DVI, DP or DMS-59 solution | Use monitor DVI connector | No adapter needed | Use monitor DVI connector | mDP->DP adapter |
Mini DP | Use monitor VGA connector | Use monitor DVI connector | DP to mDP | DMS-59 -> Dual DVI adapter, Use monitor DVI connector | no adapter needed |