NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 1,423 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Around 11% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 16384
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 450 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
Around 90% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	3 Dec 2022 vs 20 Sep 2022
Texture fill rate	1,423 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Pipelines	18176 vs 16384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 450 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

2.4x more core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 915 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1305 vs 947
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38706 vs 28116
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 320220 vs 285735

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1305 vs 947
PassMark - G3D Mark	38706 vs 28116
Geekbench - OpenCL	320220 vs 285735

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

947

1305

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28116

38706

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

285735

320220

Name	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark - G2D Mark	947	1305
PassMark - G3D Mark	28116	38706
Geekbench - OpenCL	285735	320220
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		36543
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		472.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		95.851
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		221.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4429.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD102	AD102
Launch date	3 Dec 2022	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	11	8
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	18176	16384
Pixel fill rate	481.0 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,423 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	76300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		82.58 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	137 mm, 5.4 inches
Height		61 mm, 2.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X