AMD Radeon Pro W6600 vs NVIDIA RTX A5000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600 and NVIDIA RTX A5000 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 88% higher core clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1170 MHz
  • Around 71% higher boost clock speed: 2903 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15778 vs 3714
  • 12.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 42325 vs 3355
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15778 vs 3714
  • 12.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 42325 vs 3355
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed 2200 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Boost clock speed 2903 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15778 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 42325 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15778 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 42325 vs 3355

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 433.9 GTexel/s vs 325.1 GTexel/s
  • 4.6x more pipelines: 8192 vs 1792
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22619 vs 15441
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1029 vs 966
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 155384 vs 72987
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 581.432 vs 270.025
  • Around 37% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6836.931 vs 4980.223
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 54.372 vs 20.735
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 191.518 vs 135.303
  • Around 93% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2038.811 vs 1054.582
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22508 vs 20826
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22508 vs 20826
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 433.9 GTexel/s vs 325.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines 8192 vs 1792
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22619 vs 15441
PassMark - G2D Mark 1029 vs 966
Geekbench - OpenCL 155384 vs 72987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 581.432 vs 270.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6836.931 vs 4980.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 54.372 vs 20.735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 191.518 vs 135.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2038.811 vs 1054.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22508 vs 20826
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22508 vs 20826

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A5000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15441
22619
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
966
1029
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
72987
155384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
270.025
581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4980.223
6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.735
54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.303
191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1054.582
2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20826
22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15778
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42325
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20826
22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15778
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42325
3355
Name AMD Radeon Pro W6600 NVIDIA RTX A5000
PassMark - G3D Mark 15441 22619
PassMark - G2D Mark 966 1029
Geekbench - OpenCL 72987 155384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 270.025 581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4980.223 6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.735 54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.303 191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1054.582 2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20826 22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15778 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 42325 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20826 22508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15778 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 42325 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W6600 NVIDIA RTX A5000

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 23 GA102
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 12 Apr 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Place in performance rating 63 66

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2903 MHz 1695 MHz
Compute units 28
Core clock speed 2200 MHz 1170 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 650.3 GFLOPS (1:16) 867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.81 TFLOPS (2:1) 27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.40 TFLOPS 27.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1792 8192
Pixel fill rate 185.8 GPixel/s 162.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 325.1 GTexel/s 433.9 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 230 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Single-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches) 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.2
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 768 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6