NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started RTX 6000 Ada sales 3 December 2022 at a recommended price of $7,349 . This is a desktop graphics card based on an Ada Lovelace architecture and made with 4 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 48 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 16 GB/s are supplied, and together with 384 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 768.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 267 mm. 1x 16-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 300 Watt.
We have no data on RTX 6000 Ada benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about RTX 6000 Ada: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | |
| GPU code name | AD102 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 3 December 2022 (1 year old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $7,349 | |
| Current price | $155 (0x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
RTX 6000 Ada's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of RTX 6000 Ada's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 18176 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 2505 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 1,423 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of RTX 6000 Ada 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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Length | 267 mm | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on RTX 6000 Ada: 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 type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 16 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 768.0 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on RTX 6000 Ada. 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 Connectors | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
API support
APIs supported by RTX 6000 Ada, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | |
| CUDA | 8.9 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of RTX 6000 Ada. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to RTX 6000 Ada is Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with RTX 6000 Ada according to our statistics.
