NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB

Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 609.1 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
2.7x more pipelines: 6912 vs 2560
3.3x more maximum memory size: 40 GB vs 12 GB
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 201255 vs 97106
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 21006 vs 15315
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 21006 vs 15315
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 27823 vs 18062
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 27823 vs 18062
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 51880 vs 50772
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 51880 vs 50772

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6912 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	40 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	201255 vs 97106
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21006 vs 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21006 vs 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823 vs 18062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823 vs 18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880 vs 50772
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880 vs 50772

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 83% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)

Launch date	3 Mar 2021 vs 14 May 2020
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 400 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

201255

97106

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

15315

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21006

15315

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

18062

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

27823

18062

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

50772

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

51880

50772

Name	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	201255	97106
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	21006	15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	21006	15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	27823	18062
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	27823	18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	51880	50772
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	51880	50772
PassMark - G3D Mark		19885
PassMark - G2D Mark		941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		349.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7129.567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		34.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		197.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1699.337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		12774

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA100	Navi 22
Launch date	14 May 2020	3 Mar 2021
Place in performance rating	12	46
Launch price (MSRP)		$479
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1410 MHz	2581 MHz
Core clock speed	1095 MHz	2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	9.746 TFLOPS (1:2)	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	77.97 TFLOPS (4:1)	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.49 TFLOPS	13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6912	2560
Pixel fill rate	225.6 GPixel/s	165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	609.1 GTexel/s	413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	17200 million
Compute units		40
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Width		110 mm (4.3 inches)
API support
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
DirectX		12.2
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.5
Vulkan
Memory
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Maximum RAM amount	40 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	1555 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	5120 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz (2.4 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6