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NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

GPU: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
VRAM: 48 GB
Launch price: $6,800
Released: 2022

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Specifications

Maker	NVIDIA
Type	Workstation card
GPU	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
Video memory (VRAM)	48.0 GB
Usable for AI models	48.0 GB
Memory bandwidth	960 GB/s
FP16 compute	91.1 TFLOPS
Notes	300 W, dual slot blower, 4.4 x 10.5 in, PCIe 4.0
Maker’s page	www.nvidia.com (opens in a new tab)

Cards built on the same GPU with the same memory run AI models at practically the same speed; factory overclocks and coolers change results by only a few percent.

Best LLMs for the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Grade · points	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Fit
96 ptsExcellent (S) · 96 of 100 points: Model quality 41.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	`Q6_K`	32.6 GB	136 tok/s	Runs well
96 ptsExcellent (S) · 96 of 100 points: Model quality 41.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	`Q6_K`	32.6 GB	136 tok/s	Runs well
96 ptsExcellent (S) · 96 of 100 points: Model quality 41.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 14.8/15	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	`Q8_0`	30.8 GB	78.9 tok/s	Runs well
95 ptsExcellent (S) · 95 of 100 points: Model quality 40.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	`Q6_K`	32.6 GB	136 tok/s	Runs well
94 ptsExcellent (S) · 94 of 100 points: Model quality 39.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Apodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B)Apodex	`Q6_K`	32.6 GB	136 tok/s	Runs well
94 ptsExcellent (S) · 94 of 100 points: Model quality 39.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.0 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	`Q6_K`	32.6 GB	136 tok/s	Runs well
94 ptsExcellent (S) · 94 of 100 points: Model quality 39.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)Zhipu AI	`Q8_0`	36.5 GB	100.0 tok/s	Runs well
94 ptsExcellent (S) · 94 of 100 points: Model quality 39.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Agents-A1 35B-A3BInternScience	`Q8_0`	40.4 GB	100.0 tok/s	Runs well
94 ptsExcellent (S) · 94 of 100 points: Model quality 39.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen AgentWorld 35B-A3BAlibaba	`Q8_0`	39.9 GB	100.0 tok/s	Runs well
91 ptsExcellent (S) · 91 of 100 points: Model quality 36.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Laguna XS 2.1 (33B-A3B)Poolside	`Q8_0`	39.8 GB	100.0 tok/s	Runs well

Best Image models for the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
92 ptsExcellent (S) · 92 of 100 points: Model quality 37.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	`FP16`	37.1 GB	1.7 s	Runs well
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 37.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 10.9/15	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	`FP16`	22.7 GB	2.3 s	Runs well
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 33.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	HiDream-I1 FastHiDream.ai	`FP8`	33.7 GB	8.4 s	Runs well
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 35.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15	HiDream-I1 DevHiDream.ai	`FP8`	33.7 GB	14 s	Runs well
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 36.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 10.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.1 Kontext [dev]Black Forest Labs	`FP16`	37.0 GB	20 s	Runs well
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 31.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.1 [schnell]Black Forest Labs	`FP16`	36.4 GB	1.9 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 37.9/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 11.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	LTX-2.3Lightricks	`FP8`	44.3 GB	5.6 min	Tight fit
85 ptsExcellent (S) · 85 of 100 points: Model quality 36.2/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 11.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	LTX-2 (19B, video + audio)Lightricks	`FP8`	44.3 GB	5.6 min	Tight fit
84 ptsGreat (A) · 84 of 100 points: Model quality 30.0/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 14.5/15	LTX-Video 13B 0.9.8 (distilled)Lightricks	`FP8`	30.1 GB	50 s	Runs well
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 37.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 5.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Wan 2.2 I2V A14BAlibaba	`FP8`	38.3 GB	22.3 min	Runs well
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 37.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 5.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Wan 2.2 T2V A14BAlibaba	`FP8`	38.3 GB	22.3 min	Runs well

Spec sources

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.