AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6800 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).

AMD Radeon RX 6800

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 19% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1770 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 12 nm
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22313 vs 18872
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 973 vs 791
Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 126207 vs 74179
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 153.677
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2280.457 vs 1534.582
Around 17% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16306 vs 13943

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 13 August 2018
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	22313 vs 18872
PassMark - G2D Mark	973 vs 791
Geekbench - OpenCL	126207 vs 74179
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	41.585 vs 41.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	383.037 vs 153.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2280.457 vs 1534.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3373 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3373 vs 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	16306 vs 13943

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Around 13% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 488.989 vs 432.118
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 19571 vs 16162
Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 19571 vs 16162

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	488.989 vs 432.118
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	19571 vs 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	19571 vs 16162

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22313

18872

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

973

791

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

126207

74179

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

432.118

488.989

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

41.585

41.461

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

383.037

153.677

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2280.457

1534.582

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16162

19571

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3373

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16162

19571

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3719

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3373

3357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

16306

13943

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6800	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
PassMark - G3D Mark	22313	18872
PassMark - G2D Mark	973	791
Geekbench - OpenCL	126207	74179
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	432.118	488.989
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	41.585	41.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	383.037	153.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2280.457	1534.582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	16162	19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3719	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3373	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	16162	19571
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3719	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3373	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	16306	13943
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5451.006

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6800	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)	$579	$6,299
Place in performance rating	76	112
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz	1770 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3840
Pixel fill rate	202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 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	40 mm (1.6 inches)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 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