AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 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 - 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1440 MHz
  • Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1770 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25106 vs 18872
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1020 vs 791
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 150024 vs 74179
  • Around 18% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 578.52 vs 488.989
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 52.561 vs 41.461
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 153.677
  • Around 76% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 1534.582
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3374 vs 3357
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3374 vs 3357
  • Around 39% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 19418 vs 13943
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 vs 13 August 2018
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25106 vs 18872
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 vs 791
Geekbench - OpenCL 150024 vs 74179
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 vs 488.989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 vs 41.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 153.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 1534.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 vs 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19418 vs 13943

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

  • Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • 7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19571 vs 16849
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19571 vs 16849
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19571 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19571 vs 16849

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25106
18872
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1020
791
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
150024
74179
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
578.52
488.989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.561
41.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
291.971
153.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2700.97
1534.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16849
19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3720
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3374
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
19418
13943
Name AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
PassMark - G3D Mark 25106 18872
PassMark - G2D Mark 1020 791
Geekbench - OpenCL 150024 74179
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 578.52 488.989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 52.561 41.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 153.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 1534.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16849 19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16849 19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19418 13943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5451.006

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Turing
Code name Navi 21 TU102
Launch date 28 Oct 2020 13 August 2018
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $6,299
Place in performance rating 62 112
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2250 MHz 1770 MHz
Compute units 72
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4608
Pixel fill rate 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 18,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 50 mm (2 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 2x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Width 120 mm (4.7 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6