NVIDIA A40 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A40 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, 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
- Around 42% higher texture fill rate: 584.6 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
- 4.2x more pipelines: 10752 vs 2560
- 4x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 12 GB
- Around 95% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193594 vs 99449
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 584.6 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 10752 vs 2560 |
| Maximum memory size | 48 GB vs 12 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 193594 vs 99449 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
- Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
- Around 78% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1305 MHz
- Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1740 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
- Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 300 Watt
- Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective)
- Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 940 vs 627
- Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19873 vs 14665
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 Mar 2021 vs 5 Oct 2020 |
| Core clock speed | 2321 MHz vs 1305 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2581 MHz vs 1740 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 230 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 940 vs 627 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 19873 vs 14665 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA A40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
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| Name | NVIDIA A40 | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 193594 | 99449 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 627 | 940 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 14665 | 19873 |
| 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 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 15315 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 18062 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 50772 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 15315 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 18062 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 50772 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 12786 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA A40 | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 2.0 |
| Code name | GA102 | Navi 22 |
| Launch date | 5 Oct 2020 | 3 Mar 2021 |
| Place in performance rating | 52 | 50 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $479 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1740 MHz | 2581 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1305 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 1169 GFLOPS (1:32) | 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 37.42 TFLOPS (1:1) | 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 37.42 TFLOPS | 13.21 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 10752 | 2560 |
| Pixel fill rate | 194.9 GPixel/s | 165.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 584.6 GTexel/s | 413.0 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 230 Watt |
| Transistor count | 28300 million | 17200 million |
| Compute units | 40 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-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) | 700 Watt | 550 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS | 1x 6-pin + 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 | 12 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 695.8 GB/s | 384 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 384 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1812 MHz (14.5 Gbps effective) | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
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