Quadro RTX 6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is ahead of the Quadro RTX 6000 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 3% to 20%, including 3% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,121 vs 13,758). On llama2:7b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti generates 107.5 tokens/s (per KnightLi CUDA Leaderboard) against 102.8 for the Quadro RTX 6000 (per llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard, Discussion #15013)), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Quadro RTX 6000 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Both released in 2018. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.
Where to buy
A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.
Specs side-by-side
| Spec | Quadro RTX 6000 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 24 | 11 |
| tdp w | — | 250 |
| cuda cores | — | 4352 |
| rt cores | — | 68 |
| tensor cores | — | 544 |
| process nm | — | 12 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from PCTestBench, 3DMark, HWBOT, UL Benchmarks, TopCPU, CpuTronic GPU Rankings and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | Quadro RTX 6000 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: PCTestBench, 3DMark |
8,190 points | 8,528 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Graphics (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
8,245 points | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: HWBOT, PCTestBench, 3DMark |
— | 9,471 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
— | 2,915 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks |
— | 3,502 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, PCTestBench, TopCPU, CpuTronic GPU Rankings |
13,758 points | 14,121 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: PCTestBench |
— | 6,452 points |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
754 pts | — |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
17,828 pts | 21,413 points |
| PassMark GPU Compute (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
9,044 Ops/Sec | — |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
Quadro RTX 6000
- llama3.2:1b-instruct: 253.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla llamafile benchmark))
- llama2:7b: 102.8 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard, Discussion #15013))
- llama-2-7b: 102.8 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
- llama3.2:3b: 950.0 tok/s (GigaChad LLC)
- llama3.2:1b: 222.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
- llama3.2:3b: 180.4 tok/s (geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Quadro RTX 6000 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is ahead of the Quadro RTX 6000 on all 3 shared benchmarks on file, by 3% to 20%, including 3% in 3DMark Time Spy (14,121 vs 13,758).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On llama2:7b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti generates 107.5 tokens/s (per KnightLi CUDA Leaderboard) against 102.8 for the Quadro RTX 6000 (per llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard, Discussion #15013)), best community run on file for each.
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