AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and NVIDIA RTX A6000 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

NVIDIA RTX A6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1860 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 82% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 300 Watt
7x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 603 vs 86
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17453 vs 4237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 1860 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	603 vs 86
PassMark - G3D Mark	17453 vs 4237

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
4.2x more pipelines: 10752 vs 2560
4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 12 GB
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 83854

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	200330 vs 83854

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

603

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17453

4237

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

83854

200330

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA RTX A6000
PassMark - G2D Mark	603	86
PassMark - G3D Mark	17453	4237
Geekbench - OpenCL	83854	200330
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		737.53
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		59.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		189.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2347.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17833

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 22	GA102
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	88	94
Launch price (MSRP)		$4649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	1860 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)	1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)	40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.21 TFLOPS	40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	10752
Pixel fill rate	165.2 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million	28300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	8-pin EPS
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		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	12 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6