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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000: Comparison
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 separate most on vram: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 at 24 GB, NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 at 48 GB, 50% in favour of NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000. TDP splits them by another 15%, this time favouring NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000. They match on 8 other specifications, including gpu brand, tier and memory type.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Series | Quadro RTX | RTX Ampere Generation |
| Board Partner | PNY / NVIDIA Reference | NVIDIA Reference (workstation, no AIB partners) |
| VRAM | 24 GB-50% | 48 GB |
| Tier | Flagship | Flagship |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock | 1770 MHz-2% | 1800 MHz |
| Ray Tracing Support | true | true |
| TDP | 260 W | 300 W-15% |
| Architecture | Turing | Ampere |
| Card Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Slot Width | 2 | 2 |
| Memory Bus Width | 384 bit | 384 bit |
| Power Connector | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| CUDA Cores | 4608 | 10752 |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Display Outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x VirtualLink | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Verdict
NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
6.3 / 10 Expert Rating
The value half of NVIDIA's Turing workstation flagship pair; a solid used CAD/VFX card today, though NVIDIA's RTX PRO Ada and Blackwell cards outperform it significantly per watt.
NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
7.9 / 10 Expert Rating
Still a genuinely useful 48GB workstation card on the secondhand market, even four years after launch - just expect a real gap versus current RTX PRO Blackwell cards in ray tracing and AI performance.