NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1440 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
  • Around 24% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 8704
  • Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 320 Watt
  • 4.8x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 10 GB
  • Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
  • Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 167693
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 737.53 vs 457.414
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 59.432 vs 51.221
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 189.702 vs 175.219
  • Around 1% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17833 vs 17706
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10752 vs 8704
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 vs 167693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 vs 457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 vs 51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 189.702 vs 175.219
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 vs 17706

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

  • 6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25320 vs 4237
  • 12.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1041 vs 86
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2381.93 vs 2347.314
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 23142
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 23142
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25320 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 1041 vs 86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2381.93 vs 2347.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34537 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34537 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
25320
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
1041
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
200330
167693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
737.53
457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.432
51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
189.702
175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2347.314
2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
17833
17706
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 25320
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 1041
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 167693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 189.702 175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2347.314 2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 17706
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6022.79

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA102 GA102
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $4649 $699
Place in performance rating 94 52
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1860 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1250 GFLOPS (1:32) 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS (1:1) 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS 29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines 10752 8704
Pixel fill rate 208.3 GPixel/s 164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s 465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 320 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

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) 285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin EPS 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches

API support

DirectX 12.2 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 10 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s 760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 320 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X