NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
VS
RTX A40
NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
VS
RTX A40

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and RTX A40. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

11
Place in performance rating
not rated
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
5 October 2020 (1 year ago)
Release date
5 October 2020 (1 year ago)
$4,649
Launch price (MSRP)
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$10208 (2.2x MSRP)
Price now
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0.81
Value for money
no data
GA102
GPU code name
GA102
Workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and RTX A40 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1410 MHz
Core clock speed
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8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
625.0
Texture fill rate
589.7
10752
Pipelines / CUDA cores
10752
1800 MHz
Boost clock speed
1755 MHz
28,300 million
Number of transistors
28,300 million
300 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
300 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and RTX A40.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
267 mm
Length
267 mm
8-pin EPS
Supplementary power connectors
8-pin EPS

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and RTX A40 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR6
48 GB
Maximum RAM amount
48 GB
384 Bit
Memory bus width
384 Bit
16000 MHz
Memory clock speed
14.5 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
695.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and RTX A40, the size and number of monitors.

4x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
3x DisplayPort

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and RTX A40 is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
8.6

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and RTX A40. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
1.2
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Shader Model
6.5
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OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 and RTX A40 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 or RTX A40 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
RTX A40
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
RTX A40
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
RTX A40
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
RTX A40
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
RTX A40
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000

79.43% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (768.0 GB/s vs 695.8 GB/s)

Advantages of RTX A40

There is no accountable advantage

So, NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 or RTX A40?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 .

NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 versus RTX A40 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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