NVIDIA A30 vs AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and AMD Radeon RX 6650 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A30

AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 176 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 46% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127026 vs 87268

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 176 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026 vs 87268

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 2055 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 83% higher boost clock speed: 2635 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 337.3 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	10 May 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	2055 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	2635 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate	337.3 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Memory clock speed	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127026

87268

Name	NVIDIA A30	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026	87268
PassMark - G2D Mark		913
PassMark - G3D Mark		17174
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1860

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA100	Navi 23
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	10 May 2022
Place in performance rating	99	97
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	2635 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	2055 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)	674.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	21.59 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	10.79 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	2048
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	168.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	337.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	176 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	11060 million
Compute units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	280.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	2190 MHz, 17.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6