RTX A1000 Mobile vs Quadro RTX 8000 Passive

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated221
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.24
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU102GA107
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date13 August 2018 (6 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$9,999 no data

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 cores46082048
Core clock speed1230 MHz630 MHz
Boost clock speed1620 MHz1140 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate466.672.96
Floating-point processing power14.93 TFLOPS4.669 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs28864
Tensor Cores57664
Ray Tracing Cores7216

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s176.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2018 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 8000 Passive has a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX A1000 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 8000 Passive and RTX A1000 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 8000 Passive is a workstation card while RTX A1000 Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 Passive
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