NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 and AMD Radeon Pro SSG 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 - 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 Radeon Pro SSG

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 350 Watt
7.4x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19370 vs 10972
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 869 vs 588
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 401.574 vs 170.923
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6432.348 vs 3178.443
2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 43.914 vs 16.732
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.219 vs 173.59
Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2101.927 vs 1231.051
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21578 vs 11029
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21578 vs 11029

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 August 2018 vs 8 August 2017
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19370 vs 10972
PassMark - G2D Mark	869 vs 588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	401.574 vs 170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6432.348 vs 3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.914 vs 16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	215.219 vs 173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2101.927 vs 1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21578 vs 11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21578 vs 11029

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro SSG

Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1440 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Around 25% higher boost clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 7766 vs 3652
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 7766 vs 3652

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1440 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7766 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7766 vs 3652

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19370

10972

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

869

588

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

401.574

170.923

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

6432.348

3178.443

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

43.914

16.732

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

215.219

173.59

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2101.927

1231.051

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21578

11029

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3652

7766

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21578

11029

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3652

7766

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000	AMD Radeon Pro SSG
PassMark - G3D Mark	19370	10972
PassMark - G2D Mark	869	588
Geekbench - OpenCL	136722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	401.574	170.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6432.348	3178.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.914	16.732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	215.219	173.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2101.927	1231.051
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21578	11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3652	7766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21578	11029
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3652	7766
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000	AMD Radeon Pro SSG
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 5.0
Code name	TU102	Vega 10
Launch date	13 August 2018	8 August 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$9,999	$6,999
Place in performance rating	103	158
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1005 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	18,600 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		12,288 gflops
Pipelines		4096
Texture fill rate		384.0 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	6x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	1890 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		16 GB
Memory bandwidth		483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width		2048 Bit
Memory type		HBM2