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NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

WINNER
60.8Inno Score
VS
55.9Inno Score
45.2Rasterization43.9
51.3Ray Tracing41.8
77.1Memoryspec-based85.3
81.1Efficiencyspec-based69.5
73.5Compute60
8 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation3 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX A6000

InnoReviews verdict

NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation wins this graphics card face-off, 60.8 to 55.9, pulling ahead mainly in compute (+14) and Ray Tracing (+10). 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 RTX 5000 Ada Generation

  • Stronger Ray Tracing score: 51 vs 42
  • Stronger compute score: 74 vs 60
  • 37% higher PassMark G3D: 30,951 vs 22,606
  • 35% higher 3DMark Speed Way: 6,871 vs 5,081
  • 19% higher Shading units: 12,800 vs 10,752

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX A6000

  • 50% higher VRAM: 48 GB vs 32 GB
  • 50% higher Bus width: 384 bit vs 256 bit
  • 33% higher bandwidth: 768 GB/s vs 576 GB/s

General

General comparison: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
Announced20232020
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere
Process4 nm—
TDP250 W+17%300 W
Power connector1x 16-pin1x 8-pin CPU

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
Shading units12,800+19%10,752
RT cores100+19%84
Tensor / AI cores400+19%336
Boost clock—1,800 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
VRAM32 GB48 GB+50%
VRAM typeGDDR6GDDR6
Bus width256 bit384 bit+50%
Bandwidth576 GB/s768 GB/s+33%

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
3DMark Time Spy18,676+5%Top 25%17,801Top 25%
3DMark Speed Way6,871+35%Top 12%5,081Top 29%
PassMark G3D30,951+37%Top 10%22,606Top 33%

Features

Features comparison: NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
UpscalingDLSS 3—

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