Steam Machine GPU vs RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	19	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.32	no data
Power efficiency	17.83	no data
Architecture	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2026)
GPU code name	AD102	Navi 33
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	3 December 2022 (3 years ago)	29 June 2026 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$6,799	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	18176	1792
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1720 MHz
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	2450 MHz
Number of transistors	76,300 million	13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	110 Watt
Texture fill rate	1,423	274.4
Floating-point processing power	91.06 TFLOPS	17.56 TFLOPS
ROPs	192	64
TMUs	568	112
Tensor Cores	568	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	142	28
L0 Cache	no data	448 KB
L1 Cache	17.8 MB	512 KB
L2 Cache	96 MB	2 MB
L3 Cache	no data	32 MB

Form factor & 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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no data
Length	267 mm	156 mm
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	+	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1a, 1x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.8	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.4
CUDA	8.9	-
DLSS	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 December 2022	29 June 2026
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	5 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	110 Watt