Quadro RTX 8000 Passive and Quadro RTX A6000 - video card comparison
Quadro RTX 8000 Passive
Quadro RTX A6000
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU102
Ampere
Market segment
Workstation
Workstation
Release date
August 2018
October 2020
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
8-pin EPS
Boost clock speed
1620 MHz
1800 MHz
Core clock speed
-
1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
18,600 million
28,300 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4608
10752
Power consumption (TDP)
260 Watt
300 Watt
Texture fill rate
466.6
625.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
48 GB
48 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
672.0 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
4x DisplayPort
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2