NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB vs AMD Radeon RX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB and AMD Radeon RX 5600 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 RX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 63% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2048
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1118 vs 696
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13735 vs 12005
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 72849 vs 60737

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 Nov 2021 vs 21 Jan 2020
Pipelines	3328 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1118 vs 696
PassMark - G3D Mark	13735 vs 12005
Geekbench - OpenCL	72849 vs 60737

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600

2x more core clock speed: 1130 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 199.7 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

Core clock speed	1130 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1118

696

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13735

12005

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

72849

60737

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	AMD Radeon RX 5600
PassMark - G2D Mark	1118	696
PassMark - G3D Mark	13735	12005
Geekbench - OpenCL	72849	60737
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5817
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)		14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7991
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7991
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		19735
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		19735

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB	AMD Radeon RX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 10
Launch date	23 Nov 2021	21 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating	132	131
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	399.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.78 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	6.390 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	2048
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	199.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	10300 million
Compute units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	167 mm, 6.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Width	69 mm, 2.7 inches	Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6