NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 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 45% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1005 MHz
  • Around 55% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 147346
  • Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 735.8 vs 401.574
  • Around 33% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 58.523 vs 43.914
  • Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2342.233 vs 2101.927
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23142 vs 21578
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3712 vs 3652
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 3290
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23142 vs 21578
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3712 vs 3652
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 3290
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 vs 13 August 2018
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed 1860 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 193937 vs 147346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 735.8 vs 401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 58.523 vs 43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2342.233 vs 2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 vs 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 vs 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 vs 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3290

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19278 vs 4237
  • 10x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 858 vs 86
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 215.219 vs 178.784
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19278 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 858 vs 86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 215.219 vs 178.784

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
19278
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
858
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
193937
147346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
735.8
401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
58.523
43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
178.784
215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2342.233
2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3290
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 19278
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 858
Geekbench - OpenCL 193937 147346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 735.8 401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 58.523 43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.784 215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2342.233 2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6432.348

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA102 TU102
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 13 August 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $4649 $9,999
Place in performance rating 98 104
Type Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1860 MHz 1200 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1005 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 250 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 18,600 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 2x 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