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.

NVIDIA A40

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

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 96% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193429 vs 98691

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	193429 vs 98691

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: 939 vs 627
Around 36% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19877 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	939 vs 627
PassMark - G3D Mark	19877 vs 14665

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A40
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

193429

98691

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

627

939

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14665

19877

Name	NVIDIA A40	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	193429	98691
PassMark - G2D Mark	627	939
PassMark - G3D Mark	14665	19877
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		12779

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A40	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA102	Navi 22
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	3 Mar 2021
Place in performance rating	53	49
Launch price (MSRP)		$479
Type		Desktop
Technical info
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
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
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
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	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