AMD Radeon RX 6800S vs NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800S and NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 6800S

NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800S

2x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1575 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 701 vs 606

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1575 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 140 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	701 vs 606

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 302.4 GTexel/s vs 268.8 GTexel/s
3x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2048
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15946 vs 15460
Around 56% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 113056 vs 72446

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	302.4 GTexel/s vs 268.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6144 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15946 vs 15460
Geekbench - OpenCL	113056 vs 72446

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800S
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

701

606

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15460

15946

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

72446

113056

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	701	606
PassMark - G3D Mark	15460	15946
Geekbench - OpenCL	72446	113056
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26506
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26506

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 23	GA104
Launch date	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	113	116
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	1575 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	537.6 GFLOPS (1:16)	604.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.20 TFLOPS (2:1)	19.35 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.602 TFLOPS	19.35 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	6144
Pixel fill rate	134.4 GPixel/s	151.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel/s	302.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6