NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA A40 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.

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Around 69% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 10752
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 976 vs 627
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28791 vs 14665
Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317204 vs 193656

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Dec 2022 vs 5 Oct 2020
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 10752
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	976 vs 627
PassMark - G3D Mark	28791 vs 14665
Geekbench - OpenCL	317204 vs 193656

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40

Around 43% higher core clock speed: 1305 MHz vs 915 MHz
410.8x more texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s

Core clock speed	1305 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	584.6 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

976

627

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28791

14665

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

317204

193656

Name	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A40
PassMark - G2D Mark	976	627
PassMark - G3D Mark	28791	14665
Geekbench - OpenCL	317204	193656

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA102
Launch date	3 Dec 2022	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	4	58
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1305 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	18176	10752
Pixel fill rate	481.0 GPixel/s	194.9 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,423 GTexel/s	584.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1169 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		37.42 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	3x 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	1x 16-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	48 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	695.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6