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.
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
- 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 | 200534 vs 200330 |
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
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Name | NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB | NVIDIA RTX A6000 |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 200534 | 200330 |
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) | 737.53 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 59.432 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 189.702 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2347.314 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 17833 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB | NVIDIA RTX A6000 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
Code name | GA100 | GA102 |
Launch date | 14 May 2020 | 5 Oct 2020 |
Place in performance rating | 10 | 97 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $4649 | |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
DirectX | 12.2 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
Shader Model | 6.6 | |
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Memory |
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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 |