NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6700S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and AMD Radeon RX 6700S 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 A2000 12 GB

AMD Radeon RX 6700S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Around 86% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 1792
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1110 vs 736
Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 72767 vs 63716

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3328 vs 1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1110 vs 736
Geekbench - OpenCL	72767 vs 63716

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700S

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 224.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14980 vs 13707
Around 33% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7735 vs 5815

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 23 Nov 2021
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	14980 vs 13707
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7735 vs 5815

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700S

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1110

736

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13707

14980

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

72767

63716

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5815

7735

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700S
PassMark - G2D Mark	1110	736
PassMark - G3D Mark	13707	14980
Geekbench - OpenCL	72767	63716
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5815	7735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	207.704
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3385.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	22.913
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	240.964
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1030.098

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700S
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 23
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	124	126
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	2000 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	448.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	14.34 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	7.168 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	1792
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	128.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	224.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	11060 million
Compute units		28
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	69 mm, 2.7 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	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6