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.

AMD Radeon RX 6700

NVIDIA A40

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 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 900 vs 589
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 18612 vs 13371

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	900 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	18612 vs 13371

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: 187606 vs 89510

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	187606 vs 89510

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6700
GPU 2: NVIDIA A40

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

900

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

18612

13371

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

89510

187606

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6700	NVIDIA A40
PassMark - G2D Mark	900	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	18612	13371
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11149
Geekbench - OpenCL	89510	187606

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6700	NVIDIA A40
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 22	GA102
Launch date	9 Jun 2021	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	63	60
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C	3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
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	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