NVIDIA A30 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 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 - 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), 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
- Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 300 Watt
Launch date | 12 Apr 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020 |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 165 Watt vs 300 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000
- Around 56% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 930 MHz
- Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1440 MHz
- Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
- 3x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3584
- 2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
- Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
- Around 53% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 127026
Specifications (specs) | |
Core clock speed | 1455 MHz vs 930 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1860 MHz vs 1440 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 625.0 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s |
Pipelines | 10752 vs 3584 |
Maximum memory size | 48 GB vs 24 GB |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 193937 vs 127026 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000
Geekbench - OpenCL |
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Name | NVIDIA A30 | NVIDIA RTX A6000 |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 127026 | 193937 |
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 | |
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 | 17833 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA A30 | NVIDIA RTX A6000 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
Code name | GA100 | GA102 |
Launch date | 12 Apr 2021 | 5 Oct 2020 |
Place in performance rating | 101 | 98 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $4649 | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1440 MHz | 1860 MHz |
Core clock speed | 930 MHz | 1455 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 5.161 TFLOPS (1:2) | 1250 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 10.32 TFLOPS (1:1) | 40.00 TFLOPS (1:1) |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 10.32 TFLOPS | 40.00 TFLOPS |
Pipelines | 3584 | 10752 |
Pixel fill rate | 138.2 GPixel/s | 208.3 GPixel/s |
Texture fill rate | 322.6 GTexel/s | 625.0 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 165 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 | 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) | 450 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 |
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OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
DirectX | 12.2 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
Shader Model | 6.6 | |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 48 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 933.1 GB/s | 768 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 3072 bit | 384 bit |
Memory clock speed | 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) |
Memory type | HBM2e | GDDR6 |