NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs AMD Radeon RX 580X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 and AMD Radeon RX 580X 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 Radeon RX 580X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
Around 75% higher memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19370 vs 7798
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 137262 vs 41822
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21578 vs 11616
Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21578 vs 11616

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 August 2018 vs 3 April 2018
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 8000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19370 vs 7798
Geekbench - OpenCL	137262 vs 41822
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21578 vs 11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21578 vs 11616

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580X

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1257 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1340 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 185 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 885 vs 869
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 4909 vs 3652
5.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 18294 vs 3290
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 4909 vs 3652
5.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 18294 vs 3290

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1257 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed	1340 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	185 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	885 vs 869
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	4909 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	18294 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	4909 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	18294 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580X

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19370

7798

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

869

885

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

137262

41822

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21578

11616

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3652

4909

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

18294

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21578

11616

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3652

4909

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3290

18294

Name	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000	AMD Radeon RX 580X
PassMark - G3D Mark	19370	7798
PassMark - G2D Mark	869	885
Geekbench - OpenCL	137262	41822
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	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3652	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3290	18294
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21578	11616
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3652	4909
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3290	18294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000	AMD Radeon RX 580X
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	GCN 4.0
Code name	TU102	Polaris 20
Launch date	13 August 2018	3 April 2018
Launch price (MSRP)	$9,999
Place in performance rating	103	162
Type	Workstation	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon RX 500X Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	1005 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	185 Watt
Transistor count	18,600 million	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		6.2 TFLOPs
Pipelines		2304
Pixel fill rate		42.88 GP/s
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture fill rate		192.96 GTexel/s
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	8000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		8 GB
Memory bandwidth		256 GB/s
Memory bus width		256 bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
TrueAudio
VR Ready