NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs AMD Radeon RX 550X 640SP

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated53
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data9.49
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameBaffinTU102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date11 April 2018 (5 years old)13 August 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$9,999
Current price$99 $3230 (0.3x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores6404608
Core clock speed1019 MHz1395 MHz
Boost clock speed1071 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million18,600 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt260 Watt
Texture fill rate42.84509.8
Floating-point performance1,371 gflopsno data

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB48 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s672.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDAno data7.5

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 11 April 2018 13 August 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 260 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550X 640SP and Quadro RTX 8000. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550X 640SP is a desktop card while Quadro RTX 8000 is a workstation one.


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