NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA A30

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA A30 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 A30

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 74% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1440 MHz
5.1x more pipelines: 18176 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 7 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317204 vs 127071

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Dec 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	317204 vs 127071

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 930 MHz vs 915 MHz
226.7x more texture fill rate: 322.6 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 300 Watt

Core clock speed	930 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 300 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA A30

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

317204

127071

Name	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A30
PassMark - G2D Mark	976
PassMark - G3D Mark	28791
Geekbench - OpenCL	317204	127071

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA A30
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA100
Launch date	3 Dec 2022	12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating	4	99
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1440 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	18176	3584
Pixel fill rate	481.0 GPixel/s	138.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,423 GTexel/s	322.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	165 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	54200 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.32 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
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	450 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)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	933.1 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	3072 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2e