NVIDIA A40 vs AMD Radeon RX 6600
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A40
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s
- 6x more pipelines: 10752 vs 1792
- 6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
- Around 4% higher memory clock speed: 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
- 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 187606 vs 71343
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 584.6 GTexel/s vs 279.0 GTexel/s |
Pipelines | 10752 vs 1792 |
Maximum memory size | 48 GB vs 8 GB |
Memory clock speed | 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 187606 vs 71343 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1305 MHz
- Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1740 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
- 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 132 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 875 vs 589
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15121 vs 13371
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 Oct 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020 |
Core clock speed | 1626 MHz vs 1305 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 2491 MHz vs 1740 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 132 Watt vs 300 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 875 vs 589 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 15121 vs 13371 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA A40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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Name | NVIDIA A40 | AMD Radeon RX 6600 |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 187606 | 71343 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 589 | 875 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 13371 | 15121 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 260.061 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 5472.868 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 20.421 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 290.312 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1152.228 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 19713 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 26778 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 69225 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 19713 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 26778 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 69225 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 8084 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA A40 | AMD Radeon RX 6600 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 2.0 |
Code name | GA102 | Navi 23 XL |
Launch date | 5 Oct 2020 | 13 Oct 2021 |
Place in performance rating | 60 | 36 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | |
Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1740 MHz | 2491 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1305 MHz | 1626 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 7 nm |
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 1169 GFLOPS (1:32) | 558.0 GFLOPS (1:16) |
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 37.42 TFLOPS (1:1) | 17.86 TFLOPS (2:1) |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 37.42 TFLOPS | 8.928 TFLOPS |
Pipelines | 10752 | 1792 |
Pixel fill rate | 194.9 GPixel/s | 159.4 GPixel/s |
Texture fill rate | 584.6 GTexel/s | 279.0 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 132 Watt |
Transistor count | 28300 million | 11060 million |
Compute units | 28 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort count | 3 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
Length | 267 mm (10.5 inches) | 190 mm (7.5 inches) |
Recommended system power (PSU) | 700 Watt | 300 Watt |
Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS | 1x 8-pin |
Width | 112 mm (4.4 inches) | 110 mm (4.3 inches) |
Height | 40 mm (1.6 inches) | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.5 |
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Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 48 GB | 8 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 695.8 GB/s | 224 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 384 bit | 128 bit |
Memory clock speed | 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) |
Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |