NVIDIA A40 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A40

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

7.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 627 vs 86
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14665 vs 4237

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	627 vs 86
PassMark - G3D Mark	14665 vs 4237

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 584.6 GTexel/s
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 1305 MHz
Boost clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 584.6 GTexel/s
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	193937 vs 193656

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A40
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

193656

193937

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

627

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14665

4237

Name	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Geekbench - OpenCL	193656	193937
PassMark - G2D Mark	627	86
PassMark - G3D Mark	14665	4237
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4665

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A40	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	58	100
Launch price (MSRP)		$4649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1860 MHz
Core clock speed	1305 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1169 GFLOPS (1:32)	1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)	40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	37.42 TFLOPS	40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10752	10752
Pixel fill rate	194.9 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	8-pin EPS
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	695.8 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6