NVIDIA RTX A5000 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5000 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 A5000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1170 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22553 vs 19862
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1032 vs 880
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154729 vs 147317
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 581.432 vs 401.574
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6836.931 vs 6432.348
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 54.372 vs 43.914
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22508 vs 21578
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3652
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3355 vs 3290
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22508 vs 21578
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 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
Core clock speed 1170 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed 1695 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22553 vs 19862
PassMark - G2D Mark 1032 vs 880
Geekbench - OpenCL 154729 vs 147317
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 581.432 vs 401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6836.931 vs 6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 54.372 vs 43.914
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22508 vs 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22508 vs 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3290

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.219 vs 191.518
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2101.927 vs 2038.811
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.219 vs 191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2101.927 vs 2038.811

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22553
19862
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1032
880
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
154729
147317
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
581.432
401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6836.931
6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.372
43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
191.518
215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2038.811
2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22508
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22508
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3290
Name NVIDIA RTX A5000 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
PassMark - G3D Mark 22553 19862
PassMark - G2D Mark 1032 880
Geekbench - OpenCL 154729 147317
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 581.432 401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6836.931 6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 54.372 43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 191.518 215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2038.811 2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22508 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22508 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A5000 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA102 TU102
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 13 August 2018
Place in performance rating 69 96
Launch price (MSRP) $9,999
Type Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1695 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1170 MHz 1005 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 27.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines 8192
Pixel fill rate 162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 433.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 18,600 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-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 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6