NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs AMD FirePro W7170M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 and AMD FirePro W7170M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 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.

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

AMD FirePro W7170M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 723 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
2.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19370 vs 3162
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 869 vs 418
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 136722 vs 50809
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21578 vs 6796
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21578 vs 6796

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 August 2018 vs 2 October 2015
Core clock speed	1005 MHz vs 723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 5000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19370 vs 3162
PassMark - G2D Mark	869 vs 418
Geekbench - OpenCL	136722 vs 50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21578 vs 6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21578 vs 6796

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

2.5x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3722 vs 3652
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3362 vs 3290
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3722 vs 3652
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3362 vs 3290

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W7170M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19370

3162

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

869

418

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

136722

50809

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21578

6796

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3652

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

3362

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21578

6796

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3652

3722

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

3362

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000	AMD FirePro W7170M
PassMark - G3D Mark	19370	3162
PassMark - G2D Mark	869	418
Geekbench - OpenCL	136722	50809
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21578	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3652	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21578	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3652	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290	3362
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000	AMD FirePro W7170M
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 3.0
Code name	TU102	Amethyst
Launch date	13 August 2018	2 October 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$9,999
Place in performance rating	103	420
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1005 MHz	723 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	18,600 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		2,961 gflops
Pipelines		2048
Texture fill rate		92.54 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	5000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		4 GB
Memory bandwidth		160.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro