AMD Radeon Pro W6600 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600 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 - 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1455 MHz
  • Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 2903 MHz vs 1860 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15383 vs 4237
  • 11x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 947 vs 86
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15778 vs 3712
  • 12.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 42325 vs 3353
  • 4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15778 vs 3712
  • 12.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 42325 vs 3353
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed 2200 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Boost clock speed 2903 MHz vs 1860 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15383 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 947 vs 86
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15778 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 42325 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15778 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 42325 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

  • Around 92% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 325.1 GTexel/s
  • 6x more pipelines: 10752 vs 1792
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • 2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 73128
  • 2.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 735.8 vs 270.025
  • 2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 58.523 vs 20.735
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 178.784 vs 135.303
  • 2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2342.233 vs 1054.582
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23142 vs 20826
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23142 vs 20826
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s vs 325.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines 10752 vs 1792
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 193937 vs 73128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 735.8 vs 270.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 58.523 vs 20.735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 178.784 vs 135.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2342.233 vs 1054.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 vs 20826
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 vs 20826

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
15383
4237
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
947
86
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
73128
193937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
270.025
735.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20.735
58.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.303
178.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1054.582
2342.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20826
23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15778
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42325
3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
20826
23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15778
3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
42325
3353
Name AMD Radeon Pro W6600 NVIDIA RTX A6000
PassMark - G3D Mark 15383 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 947 86
Geekbench - OpenCL 73128 193937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 270.025 735.8
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4980.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.735 58.523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.303 178.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1054.582 2342.233
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20826 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 15778 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 42325 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20826 23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 15778 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 42325 3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4665

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W6600 NVIDIA RTX A6000

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Code name Navi 23 GA102
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 5 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $4649
Place in performance rating 63 100

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2903 MHz 1860 MHz
Compute units 28
Core clock speed 2200 MHz 1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 650.3 GFLOPS (1:16) 1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.81 TFLOPS (2:1) 40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.40 TFLOPS 40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1792 10752
Pixel fill rate 185.8 GPixel/s 208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 325.1 GTexel/s 625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 300 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 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 8-pin EPS
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 48 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