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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL) vs NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation for AI

Device pages: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL) Β· NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (WSL) scores 1.19x the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation overall (Training 1.26x, Inference 1.49x, Compute 0.66x). It leads on Training and Inference and trails on Compute. The two runs used different platforms (WSL and native Linux).

Scores on the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index

Ratio = the RTX 5090 (WSL)'s score divided by the RTX 6000 Ada Generation's
ScoreRatioRTX 5090 (WSL)RTX 6000 Ada Generation
Overall (GT)1.19x545.71457.36
Training1.26x470.34373.92
Inference1.49x891.80597.42
Compute0.66x261.39396.70

When to Choose Which

  • Choose the RTX 5090 (WSL) for training (1.26x the RTX 6000 Ada Generation).
  • Choose the RTX 5090 (WSL) for inference (1.49x the RTX 6000 Ada Generation).
  • Choose the RTX 6000 Ada Generation for raw compute (1.52x the RTX 5090 (WSL)).

From the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index category scores, which are not raw throughput; a lead under 10% counts as level.

Per Model and Precision

LynxBenchAI score per model and precision; ratio = RTX 5090 (WSL) / RTX 6000 Ada Generation
ModelPrecisionRatioRTX 5090 (WSL)RTX 6000 Ada Generation
compute
Dense MatMulBF161.42x424.43298.13
Dense MatMulFP161.65x406.02245.50
Dense MatMulFP320.91x324.34356.80
Dense MatMulFP641.06x10.129.55
Sparse MatMulFP320.40x275.51696.19
Sparse MatMulFP640.30x193.19645.83
inference
DistilBERTFP161.64x1455.26886.10
DistilBERTFP81.72x994.43577.39
DistilBERTINT81.61x855.49530.42
DistilGPT2FP161.30x1043.89801.58
DistilGPT2FP81.37x693.96506.53
DistilGPT2INT81.26x607.13483.17
Flan-T5 SmallFP161.73x1813.091049.28
Flan-T5 SmallFP81.56x1151.56740.46
Flan-T5 SmallINT81.56x1025.50657.38
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP161.60x509.96318.37
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP81.62x271.43167.34
GraphGPS (Peptides)INT81.80x284.01157.35
MobileNetV3FP161.32x2037.511547.15
MobileNetV3INT81.18x549.91467.17
training
DistilBERTBF161.56x712.64455.59
DistilBERTFP321.42x904.77636.08
DistilGPT2BF161.26x332.21262.78
DistilGPT2FP321.32x631.55476.79
Flan-T5 SmallBF161.27x370.23292.43
Flan-T5 SmallFP321.23x719.53586.86
GraphGPS (Peptides)BF161.22x261.32214.53
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP321.06x258.77243.50
MobileNetV3BF161.02x286.27280.24
MobileNetV3FP321.22x519.39424.68

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Each figure is the first device's overall score divided by the second's.

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How to Read These Results

A LynxBenchAI score is sustained throughput on a fixed catalogue of PyTorch models, measured after a warm-up at a batch size raised until throughput stops improving, so it is what the machine holds under load, not its best instant. Training, Inference and Compute are three separate scores; GT combines them (Training and Inference weigh 0.4 each, Compute 0.2).

Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

Scores compare only within one Index: the 26Q3 Index fixes the models, precisions, correctness thresholds and scoring, and a later Index may change them. Each test is one timed window, the scores have no 0-100 scale, and a precision a device cannot run scores zero rather than being skipped.

LynxBenchAI is built by TechnoLynx, which the European Commission engaged as an independent expert advisor on AI performance and benchmarking for AI Gigafactories under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (case study).

Questions

Is the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 for AI?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation scores 1.02x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 overall (Training 1.11x, Inference 0.91x, Compute 1.08x). It leads on Training and Compute and trails on Inference.
Should I choose the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090?
Choose the RTX 6000 Ada Generation for training (1.11x the RTX 4090). Choose the RTX 4090 for inference (1.10x the RTX 6000 Ada Generation). Level on raw compute: the two are within 10% (1.08x). These follow the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index category scores, which are not raw throughput.
Where is the difference between the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 largest?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the ratio is highest on GraphGPS (Peptides) at FP32 (Training), where the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation scores 1.54x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, and lowest on Flan-T5 Small at FP16 (Inference), at 0.79x.
What does this result tell me about my own PyTorch model?
Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

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