Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe or NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000?

NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe performs better for ai & machine learning, winning 8 of 8 benchmarks in our suite with an average 670.3% advantage.

What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000?

NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe has 80GB VRAM and a 300W TDP, while NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 has 48GB VRAM and a 260W TDP.

Where is the biggest performance difference between NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000?

FLUX.1 dev: NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe leads by roughly 379% (3.964 vs 0.171 images/min) in our testing.

NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000, AI & Machine Learning Comparison

NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe wins 8 of 8 benchmarks, averaging 670.3% faster.

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000's numbers are anchored estimates calibrated against our measured cards, pending first-party measurement. Treat small gaps as ties.

What the numbers say

The gap is widest in FLUX.1 dev, where NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe leads by 2218% (3.964 vs 0.171 images/min); the closest fight is Qwen3 4B (56% apart).

Benchmark results head-to-head

Benchmark	NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000	Difference
Qwen3 4B tok/s	198.27	127.01	+56%
Llama 3.1 8B tok/s	161.75	84.68	+91%
Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s	88.36	46.74	+89%
Qwen3 32B tok/s	43.77	21.98	+99%
Llama 3.3 70B tok/s	22.89	0	n/a
Stable Diffusion XL images/min	16.8	6.18	+172%
Z-Image Turbo images/min	9.3	0.45	+1967%
FLUX.1 dev images/min	3.964	0.171	+2218%

Whole-job comparison

How long each card takes to finish a complete pipeline, not just one model. NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe is faster on 2 of 2; NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 on 0.

Workflow	NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000	Difference
24-frame storyboard	3.7 min	54.9 min	NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe 15.03x faster
Full codebase review	11.3 min	21.4 min	NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe 1.89x faster

Specifications compared

	NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
VRAM	80GB	48GB
Architecture	Ampere	Turing (TU102)
Memory bandwidth	1935 GB/s	672 GB/s
Boost clock	1,410 MHz	1,770 MHz
TDP	300 W	260 W
Launch MSRP	$15,000	$9,999
Release	2021-06-28	2018-08-27

FAQ

Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe or NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000?: NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe performs better for ai & machine learning, winning 8 of 8 benchmarks in our suite with an average 670.3% advantage.
What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000?: NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe has 80GB VRAM and a 300W TDP, while NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 has 48GB VRAM and a 260W TDP.
Where is the biggest performance difference between NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000?: FLUX.1 dev: NVIDIA A100 80GB PCIe leads by roughly 379% (3.964 vs 0.171 images/min) in our testing.

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