RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated15
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data7.14
Power efficiencyno data17.08
ArchitectureVolta (2017−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGV100AD102
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date21 June 2017 (7 years ago)3 December 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$6,799

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 cores512018176
Core clock speed1312 MHz915 MHz
Boost clock speed1530 MHz2505 MHz
Number of transistors21,100 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate489.61,423
Floating-point processing power15.67 TFLOPS91.06 TFLOPS
ROPs128192
TMUs320568
Tensor Cores640568
Ray Tracing Coresno data142

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB48 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed876 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth897.0 GB/s960.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.08.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 June 2017 3 December 2022
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 48 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 300 Watt

Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB has 20% lower power consumption.

RTX 6000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB and RTX 6000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB
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