NVIDIA A10 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 A10

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt
11.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1007 vs 86
5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22064 vs 4237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007 vs 86
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064 vs 4237

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

Around 64% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 885 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 9216
2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 158308

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 885 MHz
Boost clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 488.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 9216
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	193937 vs 158308

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1007

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22064

4237

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

158308

193937

Name	NVIDIA A10	NVIDIA RTX A6000
PassMark - G2D Mark	1007	86
PassMark - G3D Mark	22064	4237
Geekbench - OpenCL	158308	193937
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 A10	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA102	GA102
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	28	100
Launch price (MSRP)		$4649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1860 MHz
Core clock speed	885 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	976.3 GFLOPS (1:32)	1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS (1:1)	40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.24 TFLOPS	40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	10752
Pixel fill rate	162.7 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	488.2 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-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)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	8-pin EPS
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	600.2 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1563 MHz, 12.5 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6