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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

WINNER
66.9Inno Score
VS
55.9Inno Score
68.5Rasterization43.9
66.5Ray Tracing41.8
74.6Memoryspec-based85.3
48.9Efficiencyspec-based69.5
73.7Compute60
9 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D2 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX A6000

InnoReviews verdict

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D wins this graphics card face-off, 66.9 to 55.9, pulling ahead mainly in Ray Tracing (+25) and rasterization (+25). NVIDIA RTX A6000 still makes sense if its price or standout specs fit your needs better.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

  • Stronger rasterization score: 69 vs 44
  • Stronger Ray Tracing score: 67 vs 42
  • Stronger compute score: 74 vs 60
  • 92% higher 3DMark Time Spy: 34,157 vs 17,801
  • 91% higher 3DMark Speed Way: 9,716 vs 5,081

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX A6000

  • 100% higher VRAM: 48 GB vs 24 GB
  • 29% lower TDP: 300 W vs 425 W

General

General comparison: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 DNVIDIA RTX A6000
Announced20232020
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere
TDP425 W300 W+29%
Power connector—1x 8-pin CPU

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 DNVIDIA RTX A6000
Shading units14,592+36%10,752
RT cores114+36%84
Tensor / AI cores456+36%336
Base clock2,280 MHz—
Boost clock2,520 MHz+40%1,800 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 DNVIDIA RTX A6000
VRAM24 GB48 GB+100%
VRAM typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Bus width384 bit384 bit
Bandwidth1,008 GB/s+31%768 GB/s

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 DNVIDIA RTX A6000
3DMark Time Spy34,157+92%Top 4%17,801Top 25%
3DMark Speed Way9,716+91%Top 5%5,081Top 29%
PassMark G3D30,560+35%Top 11%22,606Top 33%

Features

Features comparison: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 DNVIDIA RTX A6000
UpscalingDLSS 3.5—

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