GPU Comparison

NVIDIA A40vsNVIDIA RTX A6000

Comprehensive comparison for AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing workloads.

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NVIDIA A40

Ampere Architecture

VRAM48 GB GDDR6
FP32 Performance37.4 TFLOPS
Memory Bandwidth696 GB/s
TDP300W
Avg. Price/Hour$0.75
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NVIDIA RTX A6000

Ampere Architecture

VRAM48 GB GDDR6
FP32 Performance38.7 TFLOPS
Memory Bandwidth768 GB/s
TDP300W
Avg. Price/Hour$0.7

Detailed Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA A40NVIDIA RTX A6000
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
Release Year
2020
2020
VRAM
48 GB
48 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth
696 GB/s
768 GB/s+9.4%
FP32 Performance
37.4 TFLOPS
38.7 TFLOPS+3.4%
FP16 Performance
74.8 TFLOPS
77.4 TFLOPS+3.4%
INT8 Performance
299 TOPS
310 TOPS+3.5%
Tensor Cores
10752
10752
CUDA Cores
10752
10752
TDP
300W
300W
Form Factor
PCIe
PCIe
NVLink Support
No
Yes
Avg. Price/Hour
$0.75+7.1%
$0.7

Performance Breakdown

Compute Performance

Single-precision floating-point performance for general compute workloads

NVIDIA A40
37.4TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX A6000
38.7TFLOPS

NVIDIA RTX A6000 is 3.4% faster

AI Training Performance

Half-precision performance optimized for deep learning training

NVIDIA A40
74.8TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX A6000
77.4TFLOPS

NVIDIA RTX A6000 is 3.4% faster

AI Inference Performance

Integer performance for efficient model inference and deployment

NVIDIA A40
299TOPS
NVIDIA RTX A6000
310TOPS

NVIDIA RTX A6000 is 3.5% faster

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer speed between GPU and memory

NVIDIA A40
696GB/s
NVIDIA RTX A6000
768GB/s

NVIDIA RTX A6000 is 9.4% faster

Performance

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Memory

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Value

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Efficiency

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Ideal Workloads

NVIDIA

NVIDIA A40

AI Inference
Graphics Rendering
Virtual Workstations
Data Science
NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Professional Visualization
AI Development
Content Creation
CAD/CAM

Cost Analysis

Hourly Rate

NVIDIA A40
$0.75per hour
NVIDIA RTX A6000
$0.70per hour
Savings with NVIDIA RTX A6000$0.05 (7%)

Daily Cost

NVIDIA A40
$18.00per day
NVIDIA RTX A6000
$16.80per day
Savings with NVIDIA RTX A6000$1.20 (7%)

Monthly Cost

NVIDIA A40
$547.50per month
NVIDIA RTX A6000
$511.00per month
Savings with NVIDIA RTX A6000$36.50 (7%)

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