RTX A6000 48GB vs DGX Spark (GH200 480GB) for Local LLMs
The RTX A6000 48GB has about 54% more memory bandwidth (768 vs 500 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 54% faster on the RTX A6000 48GB. The DGX Spark (GH200 480GB) fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 66 vs 41 of 69 models (480 vs 48 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the DGX Spark (GH200 480GB) but not the RTX A6000 48GB: DeepSeek-V4-Pro (861.6B). MSRP is $4,500 for the RTX A6000 48GB vs $3,000 for the DGX Spark (GH200 480GB). MSRP is a launch list price, not live retail — Amazon prices move; click through for the current price. In the Q4/8K head-to-head below (57 shared models), the RTX A6000 48GB posts the higher tok/s in 52 rows vs 5. Methodology.