Data Center GPU Max NEXT vs Quadro RTX A6000

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking37not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.30no data
Power efficiency13.62no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameGA102Rialto Bridge
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date5 October 2020 (4 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,649 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores1075220480
Core clock speed1410 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1800 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million100,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt800 Watt
Texture fill rate604.82,048
Floating-point processing power38.71 TFLOPSno data
ROPs112no data
TMUs3361280
Tensor Cores336no data
Ray Tracing Cores84no data

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 5.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slotOAM Module
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount48 GB128 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz3.1 GB/s
Memory bandwidth768.0 GB/s3,205 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 800 Watt

RTX A6000 has 166.7% lower power consumption.

Data Center GPU Max NEXT, on the other hand, has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX A6000 and Data Center GPU Max NEXT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX A6000 is a workstation graphics card while Data Center GPU Max NEXT is a desktop one.


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