Quadro RTX 8000 vs Radeon 530X Mobile
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 61 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 1.92 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | Polaris 24 | TU102 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 18 April 2017 (7 years ago) | 13 August 2018 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $9,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 730 MHz | 1395 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1024 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,550 million | 18,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 260 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 24.58 | 509.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.7864 gflops | 16.31 gflops |
| ROPs | 8 | 96 |
| TMUs | 24 | 288 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz | 14000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 36 GB/s | 672.0 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 April 2017 | 13 August 2018 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 48 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 260 Watt |
530X Mobile has 420% lower power consumption.
RTX 8000, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 2300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 530X Mobile and Quadro RTX 8000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 530X Mobile is a notebook card while Quadro RTX 8000 is a workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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