{"id":1413,"date":"2024-07-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/netguide.io\/news\/2024\/07\/12\/150-nvidia-rtx-a6000-gpus-control-the-1-2-million-leds-of-the-vegas-sphere\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T23:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:21:21","slug":"150-nvidia-rtx-a6000-gpus-control-the-1-2-million-leds-of-the-vegas-sphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netguide.io\/news\/en\/2024\/07\/12\/150-nvidia-rtx-a6000-gpus-control-the-1-2-million-leds-of-the-vegas-sphere\/","title":{"rendered":"150 NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPUs control the 1.2 million LEDs of the Vegas Sphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"netgu-4459771\" class=\"netgu-before-content netgu-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6258556257245998\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6258556257245998\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3494115342\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Featured photo by Y2kcrazyjoker4 &#8211; Own work, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=144754926\">Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sphere is the new main attraction in Las Vegas and covers an area of almost 81,300 square meters. The Sphere has replaced the Avicii Arena as the largest spherical building in the world. The 54,000 square meters of outdoor space are equipped with 57.6 million LEDs, resulting in 1.2 million pixels (pucks). Each of these pucks is roughly the size of an ice hockey puck. The world&#8217;s first 16K LED display covers 15,000 m&#178; of the indoor area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/netguide.io\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/1620px-Closeup_of_Sphere_exosphere_LED_pucks-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"Vegas Sphere Closeup\" class=\"wp-image-1428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/netguide.io\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/1620px-Closeup_of_Sphere_exosphere_LED_pucks-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1620px-Closeup_of_Sphere_exosphere_LED_pucks-300x200.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1620px-Closeup_of_Sphere_exosphere_LED_pucks-768x512.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1620px-Closeup_of_Sphere_exosphere_LED_pucks-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1620px-Closeup_of_Sphere_exosphere_LED_pucks-360x240.jpg 360w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1620px-Closeup_of_Sphere_exosphere_LED_pucks-930x620.jpg 930w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1620px-Closeup_of_Sphere_exosphere_LED_pucks.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">By Y2kcrazyjoker4 &#8211; Own work, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\" title=\"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0\">CC BY 4.0<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=144953655\">Link<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to NVIDIA, the Vegas Sphere is powered by 150 RTX A6000 GPUs, each of which has over 10,000 cores, 48 GB of memory and a TDP of 300 W. That&#8217;s a total of 1,612,800 cores, 7200 GB of GDDR6 memory and 45,000 W of power consumption when all these GPUs are running at maximum performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These 150 NVIDIA RTX GPUs are interconnected via state-of-the-art connectivity technology, including BlueField DPUs and ConnectX-6 Dx NICs, supported by software such as DOCA Firefly Service and NVIDIA Rivermax.&#178;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average consumption of German households in 2021 was 2828 Kwh&#185;. This corresponds to 117833 watt hours. This means that, assuming full capacity utilization, graphics cards alone consume as much electricity within two and a half days as a German household does on average over the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire Sphere requires around 28 megawatts&#179; to cover its peak energy demand, which is equivalent to the power supply for 21,000 households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get the image onto the sphere<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sphere Studios creates video content at its facility in Burbank, California, and then digitally transmits it to Sphere in Las Vegas. The content is then streamed in real time to rack workstations equipped with NVIDIA RTX A6000 graphics processors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/de.statista.com\/statistik\/daten\/studie\/245790\/umfrage\/stromverbrauch-eines-privathaushalts-in-deutschland\/\">Annual electricity consumption of a private household in Germany from 1991 to 2021<\/a> &#8211; Statista.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/sphere-las-vegas\/\">Widescreen Wonder: Las Vegas Sphere Delivers Dazzling Displays<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomorrow.city\/nine-interesting-facts-about-the-las-vegas-sphere-and-what-they-tell-us-about-the-architecture-of-tomorrow\/\">Nine Interesting Facts About the Las Vegas Sphere (and What They Tell Us About the Architecture of Tomorrow)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"netgu-354889952\" class=\"netgu-after-content netgu-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6258556257245998\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6258556257245998\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"4559785002\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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