Dear Forum,
unfortunately, I need to quickly decide between two options. In terms of public benchmark results, the RTX 4080 performs significantly better than the A4000. However, these tests are mostly from the gaming sector. Which graphics card is better for using Houdini: NVIDIA RTX A4000 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?

It would be nice if someone could give me some advice.

Greetings
Gerd

This is NOT advice - ie, 'don't blame me' but if I was buying one it would be the RTX 4080.
Check the 'generation' (age) of the cards before you buy.

In general terms the pro-level 'A' series cards don't offer any benefit for the typical CG generalist - and will scar your wallet...

what Mike_A said

octane benchmark scores (higher is better):


RTX 4080 [render.otoy.com] average score is around 845.
The A4000 [render.otoy.com] averages around 380.

redshift [www.cgdirector.com] benchmark times (lower is better):

RTX 4080 - 01.47
The A4000 - 04.40

I have the 4090 - and I can only recommend it!

Hello back, thank you very much for the information. This confirms my suspicion. I have finally decided against the A4000. Best regards

Good decision. In general, the rule is and has been for many years - if you buy a "pro" level card, you're paying a huge premium for professional support from nVidia, and perhaps a couple of paywalled scientific computing features that you'll never use in Houdini. If price/performance is your sole requirement, it's almost always better to go for a consumer card. (...or two)