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Benchmarks
Deep Learning AI GPU Benchmarks 2025 [Updated]
Resnet50 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
571.49
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2179
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1933.29
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
8561
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
16797
Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
903.51
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
3084.11
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Resnet50 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
369.64
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1001
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1180.79
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3849
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
7557
Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
350.23
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1244.23
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Resnet152 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
253.91
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
930
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
882.63
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3557
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
6809
Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
355.48
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1213.04
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Resnet152 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
130.9
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
409
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
482.25
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1498
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2851
Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
140.65
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
502.4
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Inception V3 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
350.25
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1283
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1247.69
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
5218
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
10122
Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
511
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1877.79
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Inception V3 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
210.81
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
658
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
779.33
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2568
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
5058
Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
228.5
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
847.31
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Inception V4 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
185.84
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
616
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
672.85
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2377
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4532
Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
280.98
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1023.63
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Inception V4 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
102.88
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
290
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
387.63
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1031
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1950
Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
109.39
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
408.84
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
VGG16 (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
349.14
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1249
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
782.19
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4989
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
10733
VGG16 (FP16 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
475.88
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1397.85
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
VGG16 (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
190.63
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
529
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
537.38
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2215
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4278
VGG16 (FP32 XLA)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
210.58
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
624.84
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Googlenet (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Googlenet (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
(copy)
3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2025 [Updated]
V-Ray
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
373
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1555
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Octane
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
323
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
498
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Redshift
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Blender
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
3405.61
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3788
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Luxmark
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Unreal Engine
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2025 [Updated]
Total run time
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
178.9
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
50.3
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2025 [Updated]
Training Time (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Performance (FP16)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Training Time (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Performance (FP32)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
LLM Inference Benchmark 2025 [Updated]
Llama3.1 70B
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
2 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Llama3.1 405B
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
2 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
OpenAI gpt-oss-20b (FP4)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
OpenAI gpt-oss-120b (FP4)
1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Technical Specifications
Board Design
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Outputs | 4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | No outputs |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 8-pin EPS |
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 260 W | 250 W |
Clock Speeds
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1770 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1395 MHz | 765 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 14000 MHz | 2400 MHz |
Graphics Card
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | Quadro RTX | Tesla (Axx) |
Graphics Features
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_1) | |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 8.0 |
Graphics Processor
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Turing | Ampere |
| Die Size | 754 mm2 | 826 mm2 |
| GPU Name | TU102-875-A1 | GA100 |
| Process Size | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistors | 18600 million | 54200 million |
Memory
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 672 GB/s | 1555 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 384 bit | 5120 bit |
| Memory Size | 48 GB | 40 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | HBM2e |
Render Config
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 96 | 160 |
| RT Cores | 72 | |
| Shading Units/ CUDA Cores | 4608 | 6912 |
| TMUs | 288 | 432 |
| Tensor Cores | 576 | 432 |
Theoretical Performance
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 32.62 TFLOPS | 77.97 TFLOPS |
| FP32 (float) performance | 16.31 TFLOPS | 19.49 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 509.8 GFLOPS | 9746 GFLOPS |
| Pixel Rate | 169.9 GPixel/s | 225.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 509.8 GTexel/s | 609.1 GTexel/s |
Price
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| MSRP | 5499 $ | $ |
| Release Date | Aug 13th, 2018 | Jun 22nd, 2020 |
Test bench configuration
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | BIZON G3000 More details | BIZON X5000 More details |
| Software | Deep learning: Nvidia Driver: 440 CUDA: 10.1 TensorFlow: 1.14 Batch size: 64 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 442.19 VRay Benchmark: 4.10.3 Octane Benchmark: 4.00 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.x Blender: 2.81 Luxmark: 3.1 | 3D Rendering: Nvidia Driver: 461.09 VRay Benchmark: 5 Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5 Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo Blender: 2.90 Luxmark: 3.1 |
Recommended hardware
| NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 | NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe) | |
|---|---|---|
| Best GPU workstations | BIZON X5500 | BIZON X5500 |
| Best NVIDIA GPU servers | BIZON X7000 | BIZON X7000 |