NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 and AMD Radeon Pro Duo 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 28x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19370 vs 8137
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 869 vs 745
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 137262 vs 53806
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 401.574 vs 141.474
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6432.348 vs 3621.344
  • 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 43.914 vs 13.132
  • Around 91% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.219 vs 112.973
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2101.927 vs 799.933
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21578 vs 10141
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21578 vs 10141
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 August 2018 vs 26 April 2016
Boost clock speed 1200 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19370 vs 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark 869 vs 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 137262 vs 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 401.574 vs 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348 vs 3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.914 vs 13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.219 vs 112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2101.927 vs 799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21578 vs 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21578 vs 10141

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Duo

  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3713 vs 3652
  • 11.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 38251 vs 3290
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3713 vs 3652
  • 11.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 38251 vs 3290
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 38251 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 38251 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19370
8137
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
869
745
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
137262
53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
401.574
141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6432.348
3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.914
13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
215.219
112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2101.927
799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21578
10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3652
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3290
38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21578
10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3652
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3290
38251
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 AMD Radeon Pro Duo
PassMark - G3D Mark 19370 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark 869 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 137262 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 401.574 141.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348 3621.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.914 13.132
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.219 112.973
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2101.927 799.933
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21578 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3652 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3290 38251
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21578 10141
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3652 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3290 38251
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 3.0
Code name TU102 Capsaicin
Launch date 13 August 2018 26 April 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $9,999 $1,499
Place in performance rating 103 188
Type Workstation Workstation
Design reference
Price now $849
Value for money (0-100) 17.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1000 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 18,600 million 8,900 million
Compute units 128
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops
Pipelines 2x 4096
Texture fill rate 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 277 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 3x 8-pin
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) DirectX® 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan

Memory

Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 4096 Bit
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore