NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and AMD Radeon Pro W6800 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
6.4x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1108 vs 921

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 8 Jun 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 450 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1108 vs 921

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800

3.7x more core clock speed: 2075 MHz vs 562 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 2507 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4.8x more texture fill rate: 601.7 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 15% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3328
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 12 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19832 vs 13714
Around 81% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 131707 vs 72802

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2075 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	2507 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	601.7 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 3328
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19832 vs 13714
Geekbench - OpenCL	131707 vs 72802

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W6800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1108

921

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13714

19832

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

72802

131707

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	AMD Radeon Pro W6800
PassMark - G2D Mark	1108	921
PassMark - G3D Mark	13714	19832
Geekbench - OpenCL	72802	131707
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5815
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	AMD Radeon Pro W6800
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 21
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	8 Jun 2021
Place in performance rating	111	112
Launch price (MSRP)		$2249
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	2507 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	2075 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	1203 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	38.51 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	19.25 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	3840
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	240.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	601.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	26800 million
Compute units		60
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	6x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	167 mm, 6.6 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Width	69 mm, 2.7 inches	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		50 mm (2 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6