RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs Tesla A100

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Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated15
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameGA100Ada Lovelace
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release dateno data3 December 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$6,799
Current price$6798 $9290 (1.4x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores793618176
Core clock speed1110 MHz915 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2505 MHz
Number of transistors38,000 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate550.61,423

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeHBM2e8.9
Maximum RAM amount32 GB48 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit384 bit Bit
Memory clock speed2400 MHz20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,229 GB/s960.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 300 Watt

We couldn't decide between Tesla A100 and RTX 6000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Tesla A100 is a workstation graphics card while RTX 6000 Ada Generation is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Tesla A100
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