NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19370 vs 12297
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 136722 vs 67658
  • Around 96% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 401.574 vs 205.049
  • Around 60% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6432.348 vs 4007.96
  • 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 43.914 vs 18.022
  • Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2101.927 vs 1292.989
  • 10.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21578 vs 2094
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3652 vs 2391
  • 10.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21578 vs 2094
  • Around 53% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3652 vs 2391
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 August 2018 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed 1005 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19370 vs 12297
Geekbench - OpenCL 136722 vs 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 401.574 vs 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348 vs 4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.914 vs 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2101.927 vs 1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21578 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3652 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21578 vs 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3652 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

  • Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 882 vs 869
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8455 vs 3290
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8455 vs 3290
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 882 vs 869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.8 vs 215.219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8455 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8455 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19370
12297
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
869
882
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
136722
67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
401.574
205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6432.348
4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.914
18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
215.219
215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2101.927
1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21578
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3652
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3290
8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21578
2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3652
2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3290
8455
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 AMD Radeon RX Vega
PassMark - G3D Mark 19370 12297
PassMark - G2D Mark 869 882
Geekbench - OpenCL 136722 67658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 401.574 205.049
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348 4007.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.914 18.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.219 215.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2101.927 1292.989
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21578 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3652 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3290 8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21578 2094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3652 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3290 8455
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 AMD Radeon RX Vega

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 1.3
Code name TU102 Greenland
Launch date 13 August 2018 1 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $9,999 $599.99
Place in performance rating 103 238
Type Workstation Desktop
Price now $409.99
Value for money (0-100) 38.94

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz 1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 18,600 million
Floating-point performance 9,830 gflops
Pipelines 4096
Texture fill rate 307.2 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

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

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)
OpenGL 4.6

Memory

Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 2000 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit
Memory type HBM2