GeForce RTX 4080 vs Quadro RTX 8000

Place in the ranking	60	3
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.88	28.96
Power efficiency	13.40	19.56
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	TU102	AD103
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	13 August 2018 (6 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$9,999	$1,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4080 has 1440% better value for money than RTX 8000.

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	4608	9728
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	2205 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	2505 MHz
Number of transistors	18,600 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	260 Watt	320 Watt
Texture fill rate	509.8	761.5
Floating-point processing power	16.31 TFLOPS	48.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	112
TMUs	288	304
Tensor Cores	576	304
Ray Tracing Cores	72	76

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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	310 mm
Width	2-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 16-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	GDDR6	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	672.0 GB/s	716.8 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 Connectors	4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 49.98

RTX 4080 89.78
+79.6%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of 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.

RTX 8000 19278

RTX 4080 34629
+79.6%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	130−140 −86.2%	242 +86.2%
1440p	90−95 −82.2%	164 +82.2%
4K	60−65 −85%	111 +85%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	76.92	4.95
1440p	111.10	7.31
4K	166.65	10.80

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

231

+0%

231

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	262 +0%	262 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	231 +0%	231 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	260−270 +0%	260−270 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	400−450 +0%	400−450 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	217 +0%	217 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	210 +0%	210 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	260−270 +0%	260−270 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−350 +0%	300−350 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	512 +0%	512 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	189 +0%	189 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	190 +0%	190 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	260−270 +0%	260−270 +0%
Hitman 3	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	396 +0%	396 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	480 +0%	480 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	259 +0%	259 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	164 +0%	164 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+0%

120−130

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	153 +0%	153 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	129 +0%	129 +0%
Far Cry 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Hitman 3	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	332 +0%	332 +0%
Metro Exodus	149 +0%	149 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	390 +0%	390 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	191 +0%	191 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

+0%

120−130

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Hitman 3	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	187 +0%	187 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100 +0%	100 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	63 +0%	63 +0%
Far Cry 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	195 +0%	195 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	87 +0%	87 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

+0%

110−120

+0%

This is how RTX 8000 and RTX 4080 compete in popular games:

RTX 4080 is 86% faster in 1080p
RTX 4080 is 82% faster in 1440p
RTX 4080 is 85% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	49.98	89.78
Recency	13 August 2018	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	260 Watt	320 Watt

RTX 8000 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 23.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 4080, on the other hand, has a 79.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro RTX 8000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 8000 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4080 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.