NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 48GB workstation
Equipped with 48GB of ECC memory and hardware-accelerated ray tracing, this Turing-based Quadro RTX 8000 handles massive datasets and complex 8K renders that would overwhelm consumer cards. Its single-slot, passively cooled design enables dense multi-GPU configurations in server racks for scalable AI training and simulation. This card is best for data scientists training large language models and VFX studios rendering final-frame photorealistic scenes.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ai (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong vram (99th percentile) 99th
Cons
- Below average efficiency (3rd percentile)
- Below average raster (3rd percentile)
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)
- Below average rt (8th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Quadro RTX 8000 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Class | workstation |
Memory
| VRAM | 48 GB |
Compute
| Base Clock | 2600 |
| Boost Clock | 2600 |
Connectivity
| Interface | DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| Max Resolution | 8K |
Physical
| Weight | 2.3 kg / 5.0 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
vs Competition
| Spec | NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity ZT-B50800B-10P | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Quadro RTX 8000 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 48GB | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2600 | 2730 | 2730 | 2482 | 2670 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | - | 150 | 360 | 300 | 360 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | - | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | workstation | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | 98.5 | 7.9 | 98.5 | 2.6 | 8.8 | 46 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 15.8 | 30.8 |
| ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 Compare | 86.6 | 95.8 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 95.5 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 86.6 | 95.8 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.5 | 94 | 88.9 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94 | 88.9 |
| ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity ZT-B50800B-10P Compare | 86.6 | 97.6 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.5 | 94 | 99.1 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 86.6 | 97.6 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.5 | 94 | 82.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From $2,791
Price History
Usage Scores
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