NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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.

NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 300 Watt
6.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 548 vs 86
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15893 vs 4237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Mar 2023 vs 5 Oct 2020
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	548 vs 86
PassMark - G3D Mark	15893 vs 4237

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1695 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 10752 vs 4608
6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 96838

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 244.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 4608
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	193937 vs 96838

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

96838

193937

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

548

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15893

4237

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Geekbench - OpenCL	96838	193937
PassMark - G2D Mark	548	86
PassMark - G3D Mark	15893	4237
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		4665

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA102
Launch date	21 Mar 2023	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	103	100
Launch price (MSRP)		$4649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1860 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4608	10752
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	22900 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		40.00 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		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	8 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6