NVIDIA A10G vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A10G and AMD Radeon RX 6900 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, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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), 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.

NVIDIA A10G

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A10G

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 80% higher pipelines: 9216 vs 5120
2x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	12 Apr 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines	9216 vs 5120
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Around 38% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 720.0 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 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 166362 vs 163295
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1051 vs 578
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26738 vs 17660

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	720.0 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
Geekbench - OpenCL	166362 vs 163295
PassMark - G2D Mark	1051 vs 578
PassMark - G3D Mark	26738 vs 17660

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A10G
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

163295

166362

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

578

1051

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17660

26738

Name	NVIDIA A10G	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	163295	166362
PassMark - G2D Mark	578	1051
PassMark - G3D Mark	17660	26738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		21090

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A10G	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA102	Navi 21
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	60	62
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	985.0 GFLOPS (1:32)	1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	31.52 TFLOPS (1:1)	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	31.52 TFLOPS	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9216	5120
Pixel fill rate	164.2 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	492.5 GTexel/s	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	26800 million
Compute units		80
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Triple-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	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		50 mm (2 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 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