NVIDIA A10G vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10G and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • 2.4x more pipelines: 9216 vs 3840
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 169055 vs 126059
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines 9216 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 169055 vs 126059

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 492.5 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
  • Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 974 vs 567
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22317 vs 18488
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed 2105 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate 505.2 GTexel/s vs 492.5 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 974 vs 567
PassMark - G3D Mark 22317 vs 18488

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10G
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
169055
126059
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
567
974
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
18488
22317
Name NVIDIA A10G AMD Radeon RX 6800
Geekbench - OpenCL 169055 126059
PassMark - G2D Mark 567 974
PassMark - G3D Mark 18488 22317
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 16322

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA A10G AMD Radeon RX 6800

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA102 Navi 21
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating 55 77
Launch price (MSRP) $579
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1710 MHz 2105 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 985.0 GFLOPS (1:32) 1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 31.52 TFLOPS (1:1) 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 31.52 TFLOPS 16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 9216 3840
Pixel fill rate 164.2 GPixel/s 202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 492.5 GTexel/s 505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 26800 million
Compute units 60

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin EPS 2x 8-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 600.2 GB/s 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1563 MHz (12.5 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6