Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada vs 5000 Ada
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Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
AD102
Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
AD102
We compared two discrete desktop professional GPUs: the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB with 142 pipelines and 18176 shaders against the 8 months newer 5000 Ada 32 GB that utilizes 100 pipelines and 12800 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
- Performs slightly better (up to 12%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 40% higher maximum theoretical performance (91.1 vs 65.3 TFLOPS)
- Shows 16% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 149 vs 129 FPS
- Includes 16 GB more video memory
- Has 67% higher memory bandwidth: 960 vs 576 GB/s
- Achieves 50% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (389K vs 260K)
- Features 168 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 42% more shading units (18176 vs 12800)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 231 168 153 125 |
201 141 132 98 |
| The Witcher 3 | 246 212 152 80 |
212 184 133 73 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 313 219 173 83 |
292 211 158 86 |
| Far Cry 6 | 175 160 148 91 |
165 153 132 81 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 164 137 108 60 |
139 114 92 51 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 220 214 174 116 |
182 176 137 91 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 148 124 110 68 |
129 106 93 59 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 196 172 123 58 |
160 143 99 48 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 287 267 201 109 |
265 241 188 101 |
| 1080p High | 220 | 194 |
| 1080p Ultra | 186 | 163 |
| 1440p Ultra | 149 | 129 |
| 4K Ultra | 88 | 76 |
| Margin of Error | High | High |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 26529 | 18364 |
| Solar Bay | 145429 | 128428 |
| Port Royal | 19497 | 17986 |
| Fire Strike | 62803 | 49922 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 53640 | 52866 |
| Night Raid | 148225 | 139369 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 618.3 img/sec | 286.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 399.9 img/sec | 220.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 15.1 Gpixels/sec | 9.93 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 22.1 Gpixels/sec | 13.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 26.3 Gpixels/sec | 18.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.33 Gpixels/sec | 2.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 2210 Gpixels/sec | 1580 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 53494.5 FPS | 41235.6 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1008 | 1009 |
| DirectX 11 | 284 FPS | 271 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 102 FPS | 110 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 22495 Ops/s | 20730 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 13367 | 9943 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 32477 | 19696 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 42056 | 32252 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 69004 | 43098 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 230965 | 138689 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3491 | 2893 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5545 | 4064 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 18668 | 12467 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 68370 | 50352 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 520389 | 265482 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada and 5000 AdaGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | December 3, 2022 | August 9, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $6800 | $4000 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Professional | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD102 | AD102 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i9 14900K or above | - Intel Core i9 14900K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (5th and 9th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 915 MHz | 1155 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2505 MHz | 2550 MHz |
| Shading Units | 18176 | 12800 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 568 | 400 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 192 | 176 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 142 | 100 |
| Tensor Cores | 568 | 400 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 142 | 100 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 96MB shared | 72MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 481 GPixel/s | 449 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 1423 GTexel/s | 1020 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 300 W | 250 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 609 mm² | 609 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 76 billion | 76 billion |
| Transistor Density | 124.79 MTr/mm² | 124.79 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 48 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2500 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20000 Mbps | 18000 Mbps |
| Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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