Quadro RTX 8000 Passive vs GeForce GTX 960A
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 544 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.48 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | TU102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 March 2015 (10 years ago) | 13 August 2018 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $9,999 |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1085 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 18,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 260 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 43.40 | 466.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.389 TFLOPS | 14.93 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 96 |
| TMUs | 40 | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 576 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 72 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | 4.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 6 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1253 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.19 GB/s | 672.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 5.0 | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 March 2015 | 13 August 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 260 Watt |
GTX 960A has 246.7% lower power consumption.
RTX 8000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 960A and Quadro RTX 8000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 960A is a notebook graphics card while Quadro RTX 8000 Passive is a workstation one.
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