NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • 8.8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Launch date 13 August 2018 vs 1 June 2018
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

  • Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1138 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1301 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8917 vs 3652
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8917 vs 3652
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1138 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed 1301 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8917 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8917 vs 3652

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3652
8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3652
8917
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 19286
PassMark - G2D Mark 868
Geekbench - OpenCL 136245
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3652 8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3652 8917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU102 Vega 10
Launch date 13 August 2018 1 June 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $9,999
Place in performance rating 103 135
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1301 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz 1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 18,600 million 12,500 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

Memory

Memory clock speed 14000 MHz 1600 MHz