NVIDIA RTX A4000 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4000 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 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 RTX A4000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19404 vs 19286
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 992 vs 868
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 420.465 vs 401.574
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22050 vs 21578
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 3652
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3290
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22050 vs 21578
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 3652
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3355 vs 3290
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 vs 13 August 2018
Boost clock speed 1560 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19404 vs 19286
PassMark - G2D Mark 992 vs 868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465 vs 401.574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22050 vs 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22050 vs 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3290

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

  • Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1005 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 136245 vs 122558
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6432.348 vs 4156.52
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 43.914 vs 32.297
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.219 vs 162.131
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2101.927 vs 1895.111
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1005 MHz vs 735 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 136245 vs 122558
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348 vs 4156.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 43.914 vs 32.297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.219 vs 162.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2101.927 vs 1895.111

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
19404
19286
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
992
868
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
122558
136245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
420.465
401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4156.52
6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
32.297
43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
162.131
215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1895.111
2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22050
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22050
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3715
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3290
Name NVIDIA RTX A4000 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
PassMark - G3D Mark 19404 19286
PassMark - G2D Mark 992 868
Geekbench - OpenCL 122558 136245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465 401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4156.52 6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 32.297 43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.131 215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1895.111 2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22050 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22050 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11190 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A4000 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU102
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 13 August 2018
Place in performance rating 105 103
Launch price (MSRP) $9,999
Type Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1560 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 735 MHz 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 599.0 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 19.17 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 19.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 6144
Pixel fill rate 149.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 299.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million 18,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 2x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6