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NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
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Benchmarks
Deep Learning Benchmarks
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
3D Rendering Benchmarks
V-Ray
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
1952
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
1555
Octane
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
635
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
498
Redshift
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
3.01
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
n/a
Blender
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
89.4273
NVIDIA A100 40 GB (PCIe)
107.69625
Luxmark
1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX A6000
83609
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 |