NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB and NVIDIA RTX A6000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200738 vs 193937
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 27823 vs 3712
7.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 27823 vs 3712
15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 51880 vs 3353
15.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 51880 vs 3353

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	200738 vs 193937
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 609.1 GTexel/s
Around 56% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 6912
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 40 GB
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23142 vs 21006
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23142 vs 21006

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 Oct 2020 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 609.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 6912
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 400 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 40 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	23142 vs 21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	23142 vs 21006

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

200738

193937

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

23142

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

23142

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

3353

Name	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Geekbench - OpenCL	200738	193937
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21006	23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21006	23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880	3353
PassMark - G3D Mark		4237
PassMark - G2D Mark		86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		735.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		58.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		178.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2342.233
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4665

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA100	GA102
Launch date	14 May 2020	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	7	100
Launch price (MSRP)		$4649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	1860 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)	1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)	40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.49 TFLOPS	40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6912	10752
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	40 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	1555 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6