AMD Radeon RX 6600 vs NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600 and NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6600

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 77% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1410 MHz
3x lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 69225 vs 51880
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 69225 vs 51880

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Oct 2021 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	1626 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	2491 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	132 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	69225 vs 51880
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	69225 vs 51880

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

2.2x more texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
3.9x more pipelines: 6912 vs 1792
5x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 8 GB
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 201255 vs 71327
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21006 vs 19713
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 27823 vs 26778
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21006 vs 19713
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 27823 vs 26778

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6912 vs 1792
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	201255 vs 71327
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21006 vs 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823 vs 26778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21006 vs 19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823 vs 26778

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600
GPU 2: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

71327

201255

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19713

21006

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26778

27823

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

69225

51880

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

19713

21006

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26778

27823

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

69225

51880

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6600	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
PassMark - G3D Mark	15118
PassMark - G2D Mark	875
Geekbench - OpenCL	71327	201255
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	5472.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	290.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1152.228
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19713	21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	26778	27823
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	69225	51880
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19713	21006
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	26778	27823
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	69225	51880
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8086

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6600	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 23 XL	GA100
Launch date	13 Oct 2021	14 May 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$329
Place in performance rating	36	12
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2491 MHz	1410 MHz
Compute units	28
Core clock speed	1626 MHz	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	558.0 GFLOPS (1:16)	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	17.86 TFLOPS (2:1)	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.928 TFLOPS	19.49 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1792	6912
Pixel fill rate	159.4 GPixel/s	225.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	279.0 GTexel/s	609.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	132 Watt	400 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	54200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Height	40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	110 mm (4.3 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	40 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	1555 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2e
High bandwidth memory (HBM)