NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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, 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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 GeForce RTX 4090

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1860 MHz
Around 52% higher pipelines: 16384 vs 10752
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
15.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 86
9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 4237
Around 98% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9223 vs 4665
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 98.472 vs 58.523
Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2968.159 vs 2342.233
Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 193937

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1860 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 10752
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 86
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 4237
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223 vs 4665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472 vs 58.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159 vs 2342.233
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 193937

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

484.5x more texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 450 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
Around 52% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 735.8 vs 582.642

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 450 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 24 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	735.8 vs 582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.784 vs 178.756

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1297

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

38287

4237

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

9223

4665

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

582.642

735.8

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

98.472

58.523

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

178.756

178.784

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2968.159

2342.233

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

317791

193937

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA RTX A6000
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297	86
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287	4237
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223	4665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642	735.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472	58.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.756	178.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159	2342.233
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791	193937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0
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 GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD102	GA102
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	13	100
Launch price (MSRP)		$4649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1860 MHz
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)	1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)	40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS	40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16384	10752
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,290 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	850 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	8-pin EPS
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches	112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6