NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition 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) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7.4x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19286 vs 13327
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 868 vs 750
  • Around 79% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 136245 vs 76021
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 401.574 vs 190.25
  • Around 78% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6432.348 vs 3611.018
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 43.914 vs 17.789
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.219 vs 181.113
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2101.927 vs 1373.944
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21578 vs 12980
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21578 vs 12980
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 August 2018 vs 27 June 2017
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1890 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19286 vs 13327
PassMark - G2D Mark 868 vs 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 136245 vs 76021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 401.574 vs 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348 vs 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.914 vs 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.219 vs 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2101.927 vs 1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21578 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21578 vs 12980

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3652
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 3290
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3652
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 3290
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1382 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19286
13327
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
868
750
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
136245
76021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
401.574
190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6432.348
3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.914
17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
215.219
181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2101.927
1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21578
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3652
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3290
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21578
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3652
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3290
3356
Name NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 19286 13327
PassMark - G2D Mark 868 750
Geekbench - OpenCL 136245 76021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 401.574 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.914 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.219 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2101.927 1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21578 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3652 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3290 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21578 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3652 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3290 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture Turing GCN 5.0
Code name TU102 Vega 10
Launch date 13 August 2018 27 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $9,999 $999
Place in performance rating 103 198
Type Workstation Desktop
Price now $999.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1600 MHz
Core clock speed 1005 MHz 1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 18,600 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops
Pipelines 4096
Texture fill rate 409.6 GTexel / s

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 267 mm
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 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 1890 MHz
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 2048 Bit
Memory type HBM2