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).

NVIDIA RTX A2000

NVIDIA RTX A6000

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: 982 vs 86
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13695 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	982 vs 86
PassMark - G3D Mark	13695 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)
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 73276
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	193937 vs 73276
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

982

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13695

4237

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73276

193937

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5984

17833

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	NVIDIA RTX A6000
PassMark - G2D Mark	982	86
PassMark - G3D Mark	13695	4237
Geekbench - OpenCL	73276	193937
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