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Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2023–2024 [Updated]

Resnet50 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1071
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1424
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1061
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2922
NVIDIA RTX A6000
5383
NVIDIA RTX A5000
4127
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
11610
NVIDIA RTX A5000
7965

Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Resnet50 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
596
NVIDIA RTX A6000
558
NVIDIA RTX A5000
372
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1625
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2126
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1388
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
4494
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3299

Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Resnet152 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
491
NVIDIA RTX A6000
577
NVIDIA RTX A5000
430
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1029
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2181
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1673
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
4792
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3391

Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Resnet152 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
223
NVIDIA RTX A6000
215
NVIDIA RTX A5000
143
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
434
NVIDIA RTX A6000
819
NVIDIA RTX A5000
533
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1816
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1387

Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V3 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
715
NVIDIA RTX A6000
859
NVIDIA RTX A5000
640
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1720
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3247
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2490
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
6111
NVIDIA RTX A5000
5525

Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V3 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
399
NVIDIA RTX A6000
353
NVIDIA RTX A5000
235
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1267
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1345
NVIDIA RTX A5000
877
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3002
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2343

Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V4 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
383
NVIDIA RTX A6000
397
NVIDIA RTX A5000
296
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1022
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1501
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1151
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2633
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V4 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
156
NVIDIA RTX A6000
157
NVIDIA RTX A5000
105
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
319
NVIDIA RTX A6000
598
NVIDIA RTX A5000
392
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1372
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

VGG16 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
577
NVIDIA RTX A6000
508
NVIDIA RTX A5000
378
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1004
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1920
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1470
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
6142
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

VGG16 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

VGG16 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
341
NVIDIA RTX A6000
321
NVIDIA RTX A5000
214
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1077
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1223
NVIDIA RTX A5000
798
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2674
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

VGG16 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Googlenet (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2138
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
7751
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
15728

Googlenet (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1080
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3866
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
7225

3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2023–2024 [Updated]

V-Ray

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2185
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2599
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2265
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Octane

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
769
NVIDIA RTX A6000
644
NVIDIA RTX A5000
699
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Redshift

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2.3
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3.01
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3.06
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Blender

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
6010.36
NVIDIA RTX A6000
5301.36
NVIDIA RTX A5000
4739.82
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Luxmark

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
95123
NVIDIA RTX A6000
83609
NVIDIA RTX A5000
73789
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Unreal Engine

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
47.6
NVIDIA RTX A6000
48.6
NVIDIA RTX A5000
36.7
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2023-2024 [Updated]

Total run time

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
165.9
NVIDIA RTX A6000
197.6
NVIDIA RTX A5000
167.7
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
57.1
NVIDIA RTX A6000
59.4
NVIDIA RTX A5000
53.6
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
43.2

BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2023-2024 [Updated]

Training Time (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1.11
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
0.6
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Performance (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
51.17
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
106.77
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Training Time (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1.36
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
0.57
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Performance (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
40.44
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
118.1
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Technical Specifications

Board Design

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Length 336 mm 267 mm 267 mm
Outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort
Power Connectors 1x 12-pin 8-pin EPS 1x 8-pin
Slot width Triple-slot Dual-slot Dual-slot
TDP 350 W 300 W 230 W

Clock Speeds

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Boost Clock 1695 MHz 1860 MHz 1695 MHz
GPU Clock 1395 MHz 1455 MHz 1170 MHz
Memory Clock 19500 MHz 16000 MHz 16000 MHz

Graphics Card

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Bus Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Generation GeForce 30 Quadro (Ax000) Quadro (Ax000)

Graphics Features

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.6 6.6
CUDA 8.6 8.6 8.6

Graphics Processor

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Architecture Ampere Ampere Ampere
Die Size 628 mm2 628 mm2 628 mm2
GPU Name GA102-300-A1 GA102 GA102
Process Size 8 nm 8 nm 8 nm
Transistors 28300 million 28300 million 28300 million

Memory

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Bandwidth 936.2 GB/s 768 GB/s 768 GB/s
Memory Bus 384 bit 384 bit 384 bit
Memory Size 24 GB 48 GB 24 GB
Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR6 GDDR6

Render Config

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
ROPs 112 112 96
RT Cores 82 84 64
Shading Units/ CUDA Cores 10496 10752 8192
TMUs 328 336 256
Tensor Cores 328 336 256

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
FP16 (half) performance 35.58 TFLOPS 38.71 TFLOPS 27.77 TFLOPS
FP32 (float) performance 35.58 TFLOPS 38.71 TFLOPS 27.77 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 556 GFLOPS 1210 GFLOPS 867.8 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 189.8 GPixel/s 201.6 GPixel/s 162.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 556 GTexel/s 604.8 GTexel/s 433.9 GTexel/s

Price

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
MSRP 1499 $ 4649 $ 2299 $
Release Date Sep 1st, 2020 Oct 5th, 2020 Apr 12th, 2021

Test bench configuration

NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Hardware BIZON X5000 More details BIZON X5000 More details BIZON X5000 More details
Software 3D Rendering:
Nvidia Driver: 456.38
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1
3D Rendering:
Nvidia Driver: 461.40
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1
3D Rendering:
Nvidia Driver: 461.40
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1

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