NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition vs NVIDIA RTX A4000, AI & Machine Learning Comparison
Dead heat, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA RTX A4000 split our benchmark suite evenly.
Both cards were measured first-party on our bench, same suite, same test rig.
What the numbers say
The gap is widest in Llama 3.1 8B, where NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition leads by 30% (98.34 vs 75.52 tok/s); the closest fight is Stable Diffusion XL (25% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA RTX A4000 runs 4 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 3, models that don't fit score zero.
Benchmark results head-to-head
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition | NVIDIA RTX A4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 148.46 | 116.23 | +28% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 98.34 | 75.52 | +30% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 0 | 41.13 | n/a |
| Qwen3 32B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Llama 3.3 70B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 4.18 | 5.24 | -20% |
| FLUX.1 dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Qwen-Image-Edit images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition | NVIDIA RTX A4000 | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 11GB | 16GB |
| Architecture | Turing (TU102) | Ampere |
| Memory bandwidth | 616 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 1,545 MHz | 1,560 MHz |
| TDP | 250 W | 140 W |
| Launch MSRP | $1,199 | $999 |
| Release | 2018-09-20 | 2021-04-12 |
FAQ
- What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA RTX A4000?
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition has 11GB VRAM and a 250W TDP, while NVIDIA RTX A4000 has 16GB VRAM and a 140W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA RTX A4000?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA RTX A4000 fits 3 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition. A model that exceeds VRAM doesn't run slower, it doesn't run at all, so the card that fits the model wins that workload outright.
- Where is the biggest performance difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA RTX A4000?
- Llama 3.1 8B: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition leads by roughly 30% (98.34 vs 75.52 tok/s) in our testing.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition full review · NVIDIA RTX A4000 full review · All AI & Machine Learning rankings