AMD Radeon RX 6700 vs NVIDIA A40
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6700 and NVIDIA A40 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700
- Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
- Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1941 MHz vs 1305 MHz
- Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 2450 MHz vs 1740 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
- Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
- Around 70% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1069 vs 627
- Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19327 vs 14665
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 9 Jun 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020 |
Core clock speed | 1941 MHz vs 1305 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 2450 MHz vs 1740 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt vs 300 Watt |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 1069 vs 627 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 19327 vs 14665 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40
- Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 352.8 GTexel/s
- 4.7x more pipelines: 10752 vs 2304
- 4.8x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 10 GB
- 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193594 vs 91900
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 584.6 GTexel/s vs 352.8 GTexel/s |
Pipelines | 10752 vs 2304 |
Maximum memory size | 48 GB vs 10 GB |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 193594 vs 91900 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40
PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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Name | AMD Radeon RX 6700 | NVIDIA A40 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 1069 | 627 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 19327 | 14665 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 11162 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 91900 | 193594 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 | NVIDIA A40 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
Code name | Navi 22 | GA102 |
Launch date | 9 Jun 2021 | 5 Oct 2020 |
Place in performance rating | 53 | 54 |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 2450 MHz | 1740 MHz |
Compute units | 36 | |
Core clock speed | 1941 MHz | 1305 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 705.6 GFLOPS (1:16) | 1169 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 22.58 TFLOPS (2:1) | 37.42 TFLOPS (1:1) |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 11.29 TFLOPS | 37.42 TFLOPS |
Pipelines | 2304 | 10752 |
Pixel fill rate | 156.8 GPixel/s | 194.9 GPixel/s |
Texture fill rate | 352.8 GTexel/s | 584.6 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 175 Watt | 300 Watt |
Transistor count | 17200 million | 28300 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C | 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
Height | 40 mm, 1.6 inches | |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Length | 267 mm, 10.5 inches | 267 mm (10.5 inches) |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | 700 Watt |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 8-pin EPS |
Width | 110 mm, 4.3 inches | 112 mm (4.4 inches) |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.2 |
OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.6 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 10 GB | 48 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 320.0 GB/s | 695.8 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 160 bit | 384 bit |
Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective | 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |