Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs Quadro RTX A6000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX A6000 with RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX A6000
2020
48 GB GDDR6, 300 Watt
58.63
+115%

RTX A6000 outperforms Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile by a whopping 115% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking37200
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.30no data
Power efficiency13.6254.29
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102AD107
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date5 October 2020 (4 years ago)26 February 2024 (less than a year 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 cores107522048
Core clock speed1410 MHz1485 MHz
Boost clock speed1800 MHz2025 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate604.8129.6
Floating-point processing power38.71 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs11232
TMUs33664
Tensor Cores33664
Ray Tracing Cores8416

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth768.0 GB/s128.0 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 1.4aPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX A6000 58.63
+115%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 27.26

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX A6000 50957
+152%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 20239

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX A6000 89510
+35%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 66297

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX A6000 27511
+94.6%
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile 14136

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD176
+120%
80−85
−120%
1440p135
+125%
60−65
−125%
4K117
+134%
50−55
−134%

Cost per frame, $

1080p26.41no data
1440p34.44no data
4K39.74no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+147%
30−33
−147%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+120%
40−45
−120%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+140%
30−33
−140%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+122%
60−65
−122%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+140%
35−40
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+147%
30−33
−147%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+123%
40−45
−123%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+127%
45−50
−127%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+119%
90−95
−119%
Hitman 3 85−90
+123%
40−45
−123%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+128%
75−80
−128%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+118%
60−65
−118%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+138%
40−45
−138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 150−160
+120%
70−75
−120%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+120%
60−65
−120%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+120%
40−45
−120%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+140%
30−33
−140%
Battlefield 5 130−140
+122%
60−65
−122%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+140%
35−40
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+147%
30−33
−147%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+123%
40−45
−123%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+127%
45−50
−127%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+119%
90−95
−119%
Hitman 3 85−90
+123%
40−45
−123%
Horizon Zero Dawn 170−180
+128%
75−80
−128%
Metro Exodus 130−140
+118%
60−65
−118%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+138%
40−45
−138%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 293
+125%
130−140
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85−90
+146%
35−40
−146%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+120%
60−65
−120%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85−90
+120%
40−45
−120%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
+140%
30−33
−140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+140%
35−40
−140%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+147%
30−33
−147%
Far Cry 5 85−90
+123%
40−45
−123%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+119%
90−95
−119%
Hitman 3 85−90
+123%
40−45
−123%
Horizon Zero Dawn 224
+124%
100−105
−124%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 288
+122%
130−140
−122%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 180
+125%
80−85
−125%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+120%
60−65
−120%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
+138%
40−45
−138%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
+131%
35−40
−131%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+137%
27−30
−137%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 45−50
+150%
18−20
−150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
+119%
21−24
−119%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+133%
21−24
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+143%
14−16
−143%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+129%
21−24
−129%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+130%
100−105
−130%
Hitman 3 55−60
+129%
24−27
−129%
Horizon Zero Dawn 210
+121%
95−100
−121%
Metro Exodus 63
+133%
27−30
−133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 247
+125%
110−120
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+130%
27−30
−130%
Watch Dogs: Legion 190−200
+120%
90−95
−120%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
+140%
30−33
−140%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+133%
18−20
−133%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+119%
16−18
−119%
Hitman 3 30−35
+143%
14−16
−143%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+121%
85−90
−121%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+125%
24−27
−125%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 146
+125%
65−70
−125%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+142%
12−14
−142%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+125%
12−14
−125%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+150%
6−7
−150%
Far Cry 5 24−27
+150%
10−11
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+142%
24−27
−142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 149
+129%
65−70
−129%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
+133%
9−10
−133%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+131%
16−18
−131%

This is how RTX A6000 and Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX A6000 is 120% faster in 1080p
  • RTX A6000 is 125% faster in 1440p
  • RTX A6000 is 134% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 58.63 27.26
Recency 5 October 2020 26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 35 Watt

RTX A6000 has a 115.1% higher aggregate performance score, and a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 757.1% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX A6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX A6000 is a workstation card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.


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