NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000: specs and benchmarks

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RTX 8000
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 1395 MHz
  • Max video memory 48 GB
  • Memory type GDDR6
  • Memory clock speed 14000 MHz
  • Maximum resolution
Year of release 2018
Performance 49.54

Summary

NVIDIA started Quadro RTX 8000 sales 13 August 2018 at a recommended price of $9,999. This is a Turing architecture desktop card based on 12 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 48 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. One 6-pin and one 8-pin connectors are required, and power consumption is at 260 Watt.

It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at

49.54%

of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about Quadro RTX 8000: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking31
Value for money3.55
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)
GPU code nameTU102
Market segmentWorkstation
Release date13 August 2018 (4 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$9,999
Current price$4378 (0.4x MSRP)of 158889 (A100 PCIe)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

Quadro RTX 8000's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro RTX 8000's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4608of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed1395 MHzof 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed1770 MHzof 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors18,600 millionof 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology12 nmof 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)260 Wattof 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate509.8of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro RTX 8000 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro RTX 8000: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GBof 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width384 Bitof 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed14000 MHzof 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/sof 14400 (Radeon R7 M260)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro RTX 8000. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API support

APIs supported by Quadro RTX 8000, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.5
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL2.0
Vulkan1.2.131
CUDA7.5

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro RTX 8000. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 8000 49.54

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 24%

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GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

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GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 5%

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GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro RTX 8000 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Relative perfomance

Overall Quadro RTX 8000 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro RTX 8000 is Radeon Pro W6800, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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