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NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

WINNER
65.3Inno Score
VS
55.9Inno Score
56.6Rasterization43.9
55.2Ray Tracing41.8
88.1Memoryspec-based85.3
69.5Efficiencyspec-based69.5
72Compute60
8 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation0 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX A6000

InnoReviews verdict

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation wins this graphics card face-off, 65.3 to 55.9, pulling ahead mainly in Ray Tracing (+13) and rasterization (+13). 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 6000 Ada Generation

  • Stronger rasterization score: 57 vs 44
  • Stronger Ray Tracing score: 55 vs 42
  • Stronger compute score: 72 vs 60
  • 69% higher Shading units: 18,176 vs 10,752
  • 69% higher RT cores: 142 vs 84

Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX A6000

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

General

General comparison: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
Announced20222020
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere
TDP300 W300 W
Power connector16-pin1x 8-pin CPU

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
Shading units18,176+69%10,752
RT cores142+69%84
Tensor / AI cores568+69%336
Boost clock—1,800 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
VRAM48 GB48 GB
VRAM typeGDDR6GDDR6
Bus width384 bit384 bit
Bandwidth960 GB/s+25%768 GB/s

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
3DMark Time Spy26,240+47%Top 11%17,801Top 25%
3DMark Speed Way7,591+49%Top 9%5,081Top 29%
PassMark G3D28,590+26%Top 15%22,606Top 33%

Features

Features comparison: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation versus NVIDIA RTX A6000
SpecNVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada GenerationNVIDIA RTX A6000
UpscalingDLSS 3—

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