Quadro RTX A6000: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Quadro RTX A6000 provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 58.68% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.

Summary

NVIDIA started Quadro RTX A6000 sales 5 October 2020 at a recommended price of $4,649 . This is a high-end Ampere architecture desktop card based on 8 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 48 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 2 GHz are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 768.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 8-pin EPS power connector is required, and power consumption is at 300 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro RTX A6000: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking37
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.31
Power efficiency13.60of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA102
Market segmentWorkstation
Release date5 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,649 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

Quadro RTX A6000's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro RTX A6000's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10752of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed1410 MHzof 2610 MHz (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed1800 MHzof 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors28,300 millionof 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology8 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)300 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate604.8of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power38.71 TFLOPSof 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs112of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs336of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores336of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores84of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro RTX A6000 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro RTX A6000: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GBof 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width384 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed2000 MHzof 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth768.0 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro RTX A6000. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro RTX A6000, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.7
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL3.0
Vulkan1.3
CUDA8.6

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro RTX A6000. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX A6000 58.68

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX A6000 22638

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX A6000 50957

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX A6000 89510

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX A6000 27511

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX A6000 113167

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX A6000 494750

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro RTX A6000 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD176
1440p135
4K117

Cost per frame, $

1080p26.41
1440p34.44
4K39.74

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
Battlefield 5 130−140
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
Far Cry 5 85−90
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
Hitman 3 85−90
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
Metro Exodus 130−140
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
Battlefield 5 130−140
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
Far Cry 5 85−90
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
Hitman 3 85−90
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
Metro Exodus 130−140
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 293
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
Far Cry 5 85−90
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
Hitman 3 85−90
Horizon Zero Dawn 224
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 288
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 180
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
Far Cry 5 45−50
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
Hitman 3 55−60
Horizon Zero Dawn 210
Metro Exodus 63
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 247
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
Watch Dogs: Legion 190−200

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
Hitman 3 30−35
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
Metro Exodus 50−55
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 146

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
Far Cry 5 24−27
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 149
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40

Closest competitors

Quadro RTX A6000's performance relative to its closest rivals among server graphics cards.


RTX A5000 100.95
Quadro RTX A6000 100
RTX A5500 97.02
RTX A4500 95.59

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro RTX A6000 is Radeon Pro W6800, which is slower by 13% and lower by 15 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro RTX A6000:

Quadro RTX A6000 100

Similar GPUs

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Recommended processors

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