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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6600

NVIDIA RTX A6000

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
11.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1023 vs 86
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15863 vs 4237
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 15778 vs 3712
4.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 15778 vs 3712
12.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 42325 vs 3353
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 - G2D Mark	1023 vs 86
PassMark - G3D Mark	15863 vs 4237
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	15778 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	15778 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	42325 vs 3353
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)
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
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 70380

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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	23142 vs 20826
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	23142 vs 20826
Geekbench - OpenCL	200330 vs 70380

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1023

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15863

4237

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20826

23142

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

20826

23142

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15778

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15778

3712

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

42325

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

42325

3353

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

70380

200330

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6600	NVIDIA RTX A6000
PassMark - G2D Mark	1023	86
PassMark - G3D Mark	15863	4237
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	20826	23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	20826	23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	15778	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	15778	3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	42325	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	42325	3353
Geekbench - OpenCL	70380	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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17833

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	38	94
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