Quadro RTX 8000 Passive vs ATI Radeon DDR

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRage 6 (2000−2007)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameRage 6TU102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date1 April 2000 (24 years ago)13 August 2018 (6 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 coresno data4608
Core clock speed166 MHz1230 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1620 MHz
Number of transistors30 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology180 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate1466.6
Floating-point processing powerno data14.93 TFLOPS
ROPs296
TMUs6288
Tensor Coresno data576
Ray Tracing Coresno data72

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).

InterfaceAGP 4xPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeDDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 MB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed166 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.312 GB/s672.0 GB/s

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 Connectors1x VGA4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX7.012 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGL1.34.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2000 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 32 MB 48 GB
Chip lithography 180 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 260 Watt

ATI DDR has 1030.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 8000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 18 years, a 153500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.

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

Be aware that Radeon DDR is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 8000 Passive is a workstation one.


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

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