NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation and AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
3x more pipelines: 18176 vs 6144
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 18% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 355 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 24 GB
Around 73% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 324676 vs 187715

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Dec 2022 vs 3 Nov 2022
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 2499 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 6144
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 355 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 24 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	324676 vs 187715

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

2x more core clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 915 MHz
674.3x more texture fill rate: 959.6 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1228 vs 985
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 31059 vs 28802

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1855 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	959.6 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1228 vs 985
PassMark - G3D Mark	31059 vs 28802

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

985

1228

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28802

31059

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

324676

187715

Name	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
PassMark - G2D Mark	985	1228
PassMark - G3D Mark	28802	31059
Geekbench - OpenCL	324676	187715
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		30727
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		492.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		14101.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		65.586
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		461.69
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2659.85

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 3.0
Code name	AD102	Navi 31
Launch date	3 Dec 2022	3 Nov 2022
Place in performance rating	5	8
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	2499 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1855 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	18176	6144
Pixel fill rate	481.0 GPixel/s	479.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,423 GTexel/s	959.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	355 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	57700 million
Compute units		96
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		3.838 TFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		122.8 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		61.42 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	287 mm, 11.3 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	135 mm, 5.3 inches
Height		51 mm, 2 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	960.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6