AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 82% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25095 vs 19286
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 868
  • Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 150126 vs 136245
  • Around 44% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 401.574
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 43.914
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 215.219
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 2101.927
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3720 vs 3652
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3374 vs 3290
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3720 vs 3652
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3374 vs 3290
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 13 August 2018
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25095 vs 19286
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 vs 868
Geekbench - OpenCL 150126 vs 136245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 vs 3290

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21578 vs 16849
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21578 vs 16849
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21578 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21578 vs 16849

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25095
19286
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1020
868
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
150126
136245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
578.52
401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.561
43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
291.971
215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2700.97
2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3290
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
PassMark - G3D Mark 25095 19286
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 868
Geekbench - OpenCL 150126 136245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 3290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19417 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 21 TU102
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 13 August 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $9,999
Place in performance rating 62 103
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1200 MHz
Compute units 72
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4608
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 18,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 50 mm (2 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6