Quadro RTX 8000 and A16 PCIe - video card comparison
Quadro RTX 8000
A16 PCIe
Architecture
Turing (2018−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
TU102
GA107
Market segment
Workstation
Desktop
Release date
August 2018
April 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
8-pin EPS
Boost clock speed
1770 MHz
1695 MHz
Core clock speed
1395 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
12 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
18,600 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4608
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
260 Watt
250 Watt
Texture fill rate
509.8
135.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
48 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
14000 MHz
14.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
672.0 GB/s
231.9 GB/s
Display Connectors
4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
No outputs
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
7.5
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.6
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2