NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 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 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1815 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 84% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 105171
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 735.8 vs 270.203
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 58.523 vs 26.999
  • Around 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 178.784 vs 110.761
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2342.233 vs 1370.281
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23142 vs 19811
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23142 vs 19811
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 vs 13 August 2018
Boost clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1815 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 193937 vs 105171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 735.8 vs 270.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 58.523 vs 26.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.784 vs 110.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2342.233 vs 1370.281
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 vs 19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 vs 19811

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1455 MHz
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15652 vs 4237
  • 8.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 86
  • 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 10685 vs 4665
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1620 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 200 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15652 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 705 vs 86
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10685 vs 4665

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
15652
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
705
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
193937
105171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
735.8
270.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
58.523
26.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
178.784
110.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342.233
1370.281
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4665
10685
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 15652
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 705
Geekbench - OpenCL 193937 105171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 735.8 270.203
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 58.523 26.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.784 110.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2342.233 1370.281
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 19811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4665 10685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3728.248

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA102 TU104
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 13 August 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $4649 $2,299
Place in performance rating 100 138
Type Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1860 MHz 1815 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 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
Pixel fill rate 208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 200 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

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 6-pin + 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
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6