Intel Arc Pro A40 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Intel Arc Pro A40 and NVIDIA RTX A6000, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Generation 12.7 / Alchemist (Pro-Series) Ampere
• Execution Units
  1024 84
• GPU Chip
  DG2-128 GA102
• L1 Cache
  No -
• L2 Cache
  4 MB -
• Render Output Units
  32 112
• RT Cores
  8 -
• Shader
  128 10752
• Texture Units
  64 336

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  192 GB/s -
• Memory Bus
  96 bit -
• Memory Clock
  2000 MHz -
• Memory Data Rate
  16 Gbps -
• Memory Size
  6 GB 48 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  - 2000 MHz

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  1500 MHz 1410 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1700 MHz 1800 MHz

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• System Power Supply
  250 W (PSU recommendation) -
• TDP
  50 W 300 W

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0 -
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  No -
• Max. Displays
  - 4

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12_2 12.2
• Max. resolution
  3840 × 2160 7680 × 4320
• OpenCL
  3.0 -
• OpenGL
  4.6 -
• Shader Model
  6.6 -
• Vulkan
  1.3 -
• DLSS / FSR
  - Yes
• Raytracing
  - Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  - Decode
• h264
  - Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  - Decode / Encode
• VP8
  - Decode
• VP9
  - Decode

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA RTX A6000 and Intel Arc Pro A40.

• Process Technology
  6 nm 8 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q4/2020
• Manufacturer
  - NVIDIA

• FP16 (theoretical)
  6.963 TFLOPS (2:1) -
• FP32 (theoretical)
  3.482 TFLOPS -
• FP64 (theoretical)
  0.8704 TFLOPS -
• Pixel Rate
  54.40 GPixel/s -
• Texture Rate
  108.8 GTexel/s -