NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA Quadro GP100 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 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1304 MHz
  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1442 MHz
  • 1936.2x more texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 322.8 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3584
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 16 nm
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1430 MHz
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 89068
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 735.8 vs 355.937
  • 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 58.523 vs 25.191
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 178.784 vs 144.928
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2342.233 vs 1056.078
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23142 vs 16640
  • Around 39% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23142 vs 16640
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 vs 1 October 2016
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 1304 MHz
Boost clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1442 MHz
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s vs 322.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 10752 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1430 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 193937 vs 89068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 735.8 vs 355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 58.523 vs 25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.784 vs 144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2342.233 vs 1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 vs 16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 vs 16640

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro GP100

  • Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 235 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15149 vs 4237
  • 9.7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 836 vs 86
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 13211 vs 3712
  • 6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 22133 vs 3353
  • 3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 13211 vs 3712
  • 6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 22133 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 235 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15149 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 836 vs 86
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13211 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 22133 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13211 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 22133 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro GP100

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
15149
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
836
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
193937
89068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
735.8
355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
58.523
25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
178.784
144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342.233
1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
22133
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
22133
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA Quadro GP100
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 15149
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 836
Geekbench - OpenCL 193937 89068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 735.8 355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 58.523 25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.784 144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2342.233 1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 22133
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 22133
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4667
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4858.771

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Pascal
Code name GA102 GP100
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 1 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $4649
Place in performance rating 102 88
Type Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1860 MHz 1442 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1304 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 16 nm
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
Pipelines 10752 3584
Pixel fill rate 208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s 322.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 235 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 15,300 million
Floating-point performance 10,329 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin EPS 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s 921.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 384 bit 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 1430 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2