NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs NVIDIA A40 PCIe

What is the difference between NVIDIA RTX A6000 and NVIDIA A40 PCIe. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GA102GPU NameGA102
AmpereArchitectureAmpere
SamsungFoundrySamsung
8 nmProcess Size8 nm
28,300 millionTransistors28,300 million
628 mm²Die Size628 mm²

Graphics Card

Oct 5th, 2020Release DateOct 5th, 2020
Quadro
(Ax000)
FamilyTesla
(Axx)
ActiveProductionActive
Dec 15th, 2020Availability2021
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16

Memory

48 GBMemory Size48 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR6
384 bitMemory Bus384 bit
768.0 GB/sBandwidth695.8 GB/s

Performance

208.3 GPixel/sPixel fillrate194.9 GPixel/s
625.0 GTexel/sTexture fillrate584.6 GTexel/s
40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)FP16 (half) performance37.42 TFLOPS (1:1)
40.00 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance37.42 TFLOPS
1,250 GFLOPS (1:32)FP64 (double) performance1,169 GFLOPS (1:32)

Clock Speeds

1455 MHzBase Clock1305 MHz
1860 MHzBoost Clock1740 MHz
2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1812 MHz
14.5 Gbps effective

Render Config

10752Shading Units10752
336TMUs336
112ROPs112
84RT Cores84
128 KB (per SM)L1 Cache128 KB (per SM)
6 MBL2 Cache6 MB
84SM Count84
336Tensor Cores336

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
267 mm
10.5 inches
Length267 mm
10.5 inches
112 mm
4.4 inches
Width112 mm
4.4 inches
300 WThermal design power (TDP)300 W
700 WSuggested PSU700 W
4x DisplayPortDisplay Connectors3x DisplayPort
8-pin EPSPower Connectors8-pin EPS

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL3.0
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model6.6
8.6CUDA8.6