A100 PCIe vs Quadro RTX 6000

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking56not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.94no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameTU102GA100
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date13 August 2018 (5 years old)22 June 2020 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,299 no data
Current price$3083 (0.5x MSRP)$2077
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores46086912
Core clock speed1440 MHz1410 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHzno data
Number of transistors18,600 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate509.8609.1

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount24 GB40 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz2.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s1,555 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.58.0

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 13 August 2018 22 June 2020
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 40 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 250 Watt

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 6000 and A100 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation card while A100 PCIe is a desktop one.


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