NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 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: 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 11.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 984 vs 86
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13732 vs 4237
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Aug 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 984 vs 86
PassMark - G3D Mark 13732 vs 4237

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

  • 2.6x more core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 562 MHz
  • Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 5x more texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
  • 3.2x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3328
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 73370
  • 3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17833 vs 5984
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10752 vs 3328
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 vs 73370
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 vs 5984

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
984
86
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13732
4237
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
73370
200330
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
5984
17833
Name NVIDIA RTX A2000 NVIDIA RTX A6000
PassMark - G2D Mark 984 86
PassMark - G3D Mark 13732 4237
Geekbench - OpenCL 73370 200330
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 5984 17833
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

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A2000 NVIDIA RTX A6000

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA106 GA102
Launch date 10 Aug 2021 5 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $4649
Place in performance rating 96 98

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 1860 MHz
Core clock speed 562 MHz 1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 124.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS (1:1) 40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS 40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3328 10752
Pixel fill rate 57.60 GPixel/s 208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s 625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 167 mm (6.6 inches) 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 8-pin EPS
Width 69 mm (2.7 inches) 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 48 GB
Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s 768 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6