AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT and NVIDIA Quadro GP100 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 6900 XT

NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1304 MHz
Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1442 MHz
2230.5x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 322.8 GTexel / s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 16 nm
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1430 MHz
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26849 vs 16374
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1047 vs 847
Around 90% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 161033 vs 84757
Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 543.753 vs 355.937
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.155 vs 25.191
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 144.928
2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 1056.078
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17213 vs 16640
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17213 vs 16640

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Oct 2020 vs 1 October 2016
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1304 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1442 MHz
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 322.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 16 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1430 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	26849 vs 16374
PassMark - G2D Mark	1047 vs 847
Geekbench - OpenCL	161033 vs 84757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	543.753 vs 355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.155 vs 25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733 vs 144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2566.9 vs 1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17213 vs 16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17213 vs 16640

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro GP100

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 235 Watt vs 300 Watt
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 13211 vs 3714
6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 22133 vs 3350
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 13211 vs 3714
6.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 22133 vs 3350

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	235 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	13211 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	22133 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	13211 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	22133 vs 3350

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro GP100

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

26849

16374

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1047

847

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

161033

84757

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

543.753

355.937

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

51.155

25.191

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

320.733

144.928

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2566.9

1056.078

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17213

16640

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

13211

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

22133

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

17213

16640

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

13211

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3350

22133

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	NVIDIA Quadro GP100
PassMark - G3D Mark	26849	16374
PassMark - G2D Mark	1047	847
Geekbench - OpenCL	161033	84757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	543.753	355.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0	4858.771
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	51.155	25.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	320.733	144.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2566.9	1056.078
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17213	16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3350	22133
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17213	16640
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	13211
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3350	22133
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20908

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT	NVIDIA Quadro GP100
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 21	GP100
Launch date	28 Oct 2020	1 October 2016
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	70	87
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz	1442 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1304 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	3584
Pixel fill rate	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s	322.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	235 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	15,300 million
Floating-point performance		10,329 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x DVI, 4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
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	1x 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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	921.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	1430 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2