AMD Radeon Pro V520 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro V520 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro V520

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro V520

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 16807 vs 3652
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 16807 vs 3652
11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 37642 vs 3290
11.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 37642 vs 3290

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Dec 2020 vs 13 August 2018
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	16807 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	16807 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	37642 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	37642 vs 3290

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 1000 MHz
14x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 869 vs 525
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19370 vs 12258
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21578 vs 13220
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21578 vs 13220
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 136722 vs 61570

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1005 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	869 vs 525
PassMark - G3D Mark	19370 vs 12258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21578 vs 13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21578 vs 13220
Geekbench - OpenCL	136722 vs 61570

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro V520
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

525

869

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12258

19370

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13220

21578

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13220

21578

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16807

3652

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16807

3652

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37642

3290

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37642

3290

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

61570

136722

Name	AMD Radeon Pro V520	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
PassMark - G2D Mark	525	869
PassMark - G3D Mark	12258	19370
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13220	21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13220	21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	16807	3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	16807	3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	37642	3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	37642	3290
Geekbench - OpenCL	61570	136722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2101.927
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro V520	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Turing
Code name	Navi 12	TU102
Launch date	1 Dec 2020	13 August 2018
Place in performance rating	61	103
Type	Server	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$9,999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	1200 MHz
Compute units	36
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	460.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.75 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.373 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304
Pixel fill rate	102.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	230.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count		18,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	111 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)	14000 MHz
Memory type	HBM2