GPU Benchmarks NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs. NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs. NVIDIA RTX A5000

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We benchmark NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA RTX A5000 GPUs and compare AI performance (deep learning training; FP16, FP32, PyTorch, TensorFlow), 3d rendering, Cryo-EM performance in the most popular apps (Octane, VRay, Redshift, Blender, Luxmark, Unreal Engine, Relion Cryo-EM).

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Benchmarks

Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]

As of May 2025

Resnet50 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
571.49 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1424 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1061 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1933.29 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
5383 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
4127 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
11610 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
7965 points
higher is better

Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
903.51 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
3084.11 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Resnet50 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
369.64 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
558 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
372 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1180.79 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2126 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1388 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
4494 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3299 points
higher is better

Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
350.23 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1244.23 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Resnet152 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
253.91 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
577 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
430 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
882.63 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2181 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1673 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
4792 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3391 points
higher is better

Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
355.48 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1213.04 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Resnet152 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
130.9 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
215 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
143 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
482.25 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
819 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
533 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1816 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1387 points
higher is better

Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
140.65 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
502.4 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Inception V3 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
350.25 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
859 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
640 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1247.69 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3247 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2490 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
6111 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
5525 points
higher is better

Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
511 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1877.79 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Inception V3 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
210.81 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
353 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
235 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
779.33 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1345 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
877 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3002 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2343 points
higher is better

Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
228.5 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
847.31 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Inception V4 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
185.84 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
397 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
296 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
672.85 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1501 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1151 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2633 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
280.98 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1023.63 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Inception V4 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
102.88 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
157 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
105 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
387.63 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
598 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
392 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1372 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
109.39 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
408.84 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

VGG16 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
349.14 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
508 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
378 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
782.19 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1920 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1470 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
6142 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

VGG16 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
475.88 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
1397.85 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

VGG16 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
190.63 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
321 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
214 points
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
537.38 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1223 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
798 points
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2674 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

VGG16 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
210.58 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
624.84 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Googlenet (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2138 Img/Sec
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
7751 Img/Sec
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
15728 Img/Sec
higher is better

Googlenet (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1080 Img/Sec
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3866 Img/Sec
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
7225 Img/Sec
higher is better

3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]

As of May 2025

V-Ray

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
373 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2599 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2265 points
higher is better

Octane

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
323 points
NVIDIA RTX A6000
644 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
699 points
higher is better

Redshift

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3.01 minutes
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3.06 minutes
lower is better

Blender

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
3405.61 score
NVIDIA RTX A6000
5301.36 score
NVIDIA RTX A5000
4739.82 score
higher is better

Luxmark

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
83609 points
NVIDIA RTX A5000
73789 points
higher is better

Unreal Engine

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
48.6 FPS
NVIDIA RTX A5000
36.7 FPS
higher is better

RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2024-2025 [Updated]

As of May 2025

Total run time

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
197.6 Min
NVIDIA RTX A5000
167.7 Min
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
59.4 Min
NVIDIA RTX A5000
53.6 Min
8 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
43.2 Min
lower is better

BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2024-2025 [Updated]

As of May 2025

Training Time (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1.11 Hrs
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
0.6 Hrs
Seq=128, BS=4

Performance (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
51.17 sent/sec
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
106.77 sent/sec
Seq=128, BS=4

Training Time (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1.36 Hrs
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
0.57 Hrs
Seq=384, BS=8

Performance (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
40.44 sent/sec
4 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
118.1 sent/sec
Seq=384, BS=8

Llama3 70B Inference Benchmark 2024–2025 [Updated]

As of May 2025

Eval rate

1 GPU
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
14.82 tokens/s
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
higher is better

Technical Specifications

Board Design

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
Length11 in / 267 mm11 in / 267 mm11 in / 267 mm
Outputs4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C4x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort
Power Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin8-pin EPS1x 8-pin
Slot widthDual-slotDual-slotDual-slot
TDP260 W300 W230 W

Clock Speeds

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
Boost Clock1770 MHz1860 MHz1695 MHz
GPU Clock1395 MHz1455 MHz1170 MHz
Memory Clock14000 MHz16000 MHz16000 MHz

Graphics Card

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
GenerationQuadro RTXQuadro (Ax000)Quadro (Ax000)

Graphics Features

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL233
OpenGL4.64.64.6
Shader Model6.56.66.6
CUDA7.58.68.6

Graphics Processor

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
ArchitectureTuringAmpereAmpere
Die Size754 mm2628 mm2628 mm2
GPU NameTU102-875-A1GA102GA102
Process Size12 nm8 nm8 nm
Transistors18600 million28300 million28300 million

Memory

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
Bandwidth672 GB/s768 GB/s768 GB/s
Memory Bus384 bit384 bit384 bit
Memory Size48 GB48 GB24 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6GDDR6

Render Config

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
ROPs9611296
RT Cores728464
Shading Units/ CUDA Cores4608107528192
TMUs288336256
Tensor Cores576336256

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
FP16 (half) performance32.62 TFLOPS38.71 TFLOPS27.77 TFLOPS
FP32 (float) performance16.31 TFLOPS38.71 TFLOPS27.77 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance509.8 GFLOPS1210 GFLOPS867.8 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate169.9 GPixel/s201.6 GPixel/s162.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate509.8 GTexel/s604.8 GTexel/s433.9 GTexel/s

Price

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
MSRP$5,499.00$4,649.00$2,299.00
Release DateAug 13th, 2018Oct 5th, 2020Apr 12th, 2021

Test bench configuration

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000NVIDIA RTX A6000NVIDIA RTX A5000
HardwareBIZON G3000 More detailsBIZON X5000 More detailsBIZON X5000 More details
SoftwareDeep 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: 461.40
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1
3D Rendering:
Nvidia Driver: 461.40
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1

Recommended hardware

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