NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 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 4% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1395 MHz
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 2% higher pipelines: 10752 vs 10496
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
  • Around 64% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 191350
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 737.53 vs 732.196
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10752 vs 10496
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 vs 191350
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 vs 732.196

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26747 vs 4237
  • 12.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1050 vs 86
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 63.011 vs 59.432
  • Around 31% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 247.569 vs 189.702
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2441.384 vs 2347.314
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 33398 vs 23142
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 33398 vs 23142
  • Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19948 vs 17833
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26747 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 1050 vs 86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 63.011 vs 59.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 247.569 vs 189.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2441.384 vs 2347.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 33398 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33398 vs 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19948 vs 17833

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
26747
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
1050
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
200330
191350
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
737.53
732.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.432
63.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
189.702
247.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2347.314
2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
17833
19948
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 26747
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 1050
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 191350
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 732.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 63.011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 189.702 247.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2347.314 2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3354
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 19948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7585.258

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA102 GA102
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $4649 $1499
Place in performance rating 97 45
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1860 MHz 1695 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1250 GFLOPS (1:32) 556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS (1:1) 35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS 35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines 10752 10496
Pixel fill rate 208.3 GPixel/s 189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s 556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin EPS 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) Triple-slot
Height 138 mm (5.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s 936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X