NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB 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, 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).

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 78% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
2.6x more pipelines: 18176 vs 6912
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 40 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 285147 vs 201849

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Dec 2022 vs 14 May 2020
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 6912
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 400 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 40 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	285147 vs 201849

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1095 MHz vs 915 MHz
428x more texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s

Core clock speed	1095 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

285147

201849

Name	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	947
PassMark - G3D Mark	28116
Geekbench - OpenCL	285147	201849
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		27823
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		27823
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		51880
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		51880

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA100
Launch date	3 Dec 2022	14 May 2020
Place in performance rating	11	12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1410 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	18176	6912
Pixel fill rate	481.0 GPixel/s	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,423 GTexel/s	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	54200 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		19.49 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	40 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	1555 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2e
High bandwidth memory (HBM)