NVIDIA unveils the RTX A6000 GPU with 48GB memory and full GA102 architecture, targeting datacenter and professional workstation markets.

NVIDIA has unveiled its flagship workstation graphics card, the RTX A6000, powered by the full GA102 Ampere GPU. Designed for enterprise workloads and AI applications, the RTX A6000 is one of two Ampere workstation graphics cards, alongside the RTX A40 which features the GA104 GPU. The card is notable for powering the iconic Las Vegas sphere.

The RTX A6000 is built around the full GA102 GPU core with 84 SMs or 10,752 CUDA cores. NVIDIA confirmed that the card delivers 38.7 TFLOPs of FP32 performance, which represents 8.7% faster performance than the RTX 3090 with its 35.58 TFLOPs. Additional specifications include 75.6 TFLOPs of total RT performance and 309.7 TFLOPs of Tensor performance. The card is equipped with 48 GB of GDDR6 memory operating at 768 GB/s with 16 Gbps memory dies, and supports vGPU configurations ranging from 1 GB to the full 48 GB VRAM buffer. Power delivery is provided through a new EPS 12V 8-pin connector delivering up to 300W to the GPU.

Connectivity options include NVLINK providing 112.5 GB/s bi-directional speeds, a native PCIe Gen 4 interface with 16 GB/s throughput, and four DisplayPort 1.4 outputs for display connectivity.

NVIDIA is shipping the RTX A6000 with its RTX Enterprise Drivers, which provide long-term stability and availability with hardware certification from ISVs and OEMs. The Quadro driver branding is transitioning to the NVIDIA RTX Enterprise brand to better align with new product offerings. Release 460 is designated as a Production Branch (PB) release, designed and tested to provide long-term stability and availability ideal for enterprise customers requiring application and hardware certification. PB drivers serve as a superset of NVIDIA Studio Drivers, delivering all Studio Driver benefits in addition to RTX-specific enhancements and testing.

The RTX A6000 carries a retail MSRP of $4,650 US, positioning it at less than half the price of the Quadro RTX 8000's original $10,000 launch MSRP, which was later adjusted to $5,500 US. The RTX A6000 offers superior performance-per-dollar value with a newer architecture and the same 48 GB of VRAM.