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Featured GPU benchmarks:

Benchmarks

Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2023–2024 [Updated]

Resnet50 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1424
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2179
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
5383
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
8561
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
11610
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
16797

Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Resnet50 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
558
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1001
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2126
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3849
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
4494
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
7557

Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Resnet152 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
577
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
930
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2181
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3557
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
4792
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
6809

Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Resnet152 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
215
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
409
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
819
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1498
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1816
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2851

Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Inception V3 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
859
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1283
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3247
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
5218
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
6111
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
10122

Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Inception V3 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
353
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
658
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1345
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2568
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3002
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
5058

Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Inception V4 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
397
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
616
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1501
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2377
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2633
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4532

Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Inception V4 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
157
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
290
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
598
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1031
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1372
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1950

Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

VGG16 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
508
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1249
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1920
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4989
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
6142
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
10733

VGG16 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

VGG16 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
321
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
529
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1223
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
2215
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2674
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
4278

VGG16 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Googlenet (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Googlenet (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

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

V-Ray

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
2599
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1555
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Octane

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
644
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
498
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Redshift

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3.01
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Blender

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
5301.36
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
3788
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Luxmark

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
83609
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Unreal Engine

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
48.6
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2023-2024 [Updated]

Total run time

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
197.6
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
178.9
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
59.4
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
50.3
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

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

Training Time (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Performance (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Training Time (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Performance (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Llama3 70B Inference Benchmark 2024 [Updated]

Eval rate

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
14.82
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
2 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
n/a
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a

Technical Specifications

Board Design

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Outputs 4x DisplayPort No outputs
Power Connectors 8-pin EPS 8-pin EPS
Slot width Dual-slot Dual-slot
TDP 300 W 250 W

Clock Speeds

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
Boost Clock 1860 MHz 1410 MHz
GPU Clock 1455 MHz 765 MHz
Memory Clock 16000 MHz 2400 MHz

Graphics Card

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
Bus Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Generation Quadro (Ax000) Tesla (Axx)

Graphics Features

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6
Shader Model 6.6
CUDA 8.6 8.0

Graphics Processor

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
Architecture Ampere Ampere
Die Size 628 mm2 826 mm2
GPU Name GA102 GA100
Process Size 8 nm 7 nm
Transistors 28300 million 54200 million

Memory

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
Bandwidth 768 GB/s 1555 GB/s
Memory Bus 384 bit 5120 bit
Memory Size 48 GB 40 GB
Memory Type GDDR6 HBM2e

Render Config

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
ROPs 112 160
RT Cores 84
Shading Units/ CUDA Cores 10752 6912
TMUs 336 432
Tensor Cores 336 432

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
FP16 (half) performance 38.71 TFLOPS 77.97 TFLOPS
FP32 (float) performance 38.71 TFLOPS 19.49 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 1210 GFLOPS 9746 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 201.6 GPixel/s 225.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 604.8 GTexel/s 609.1 GTexel/s

Price

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
MSRP 4649 $ $
Release Date Oct 5th, 2020 Jun 22nd, 2020

Test bench configuration

NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
Hardware BIZON X5000 More details BIZON X5000 More details
Software 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: 461.09
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1

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NVIDIA RTX A6000 NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
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