NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6800S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800S 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.

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

AMD Radeon RX 6800S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 2048
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 81184 vs 72525

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 4 Jan 2022
Pipelines	4096 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	81184 vs 72525

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800S

2.1x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 268.8 GTexel/s vs 184.3 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 710 vs 599
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15503 vs 14016

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 855 MHz
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate	268.8 GTexel/s vs 184.3 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	710 vs 599
PassMark - G3D Mark	15503 vs 14016

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800S

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

599

710

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14016

15503

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

81184

72525

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800S
PassMark - G2D Mark	599	710
PassMark - G3D Mark	14016	15503
Geekbench - OpenCL	81184	72525
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8596

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800S
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA104	Navi 23
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	112	115
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	2100 MHz
Core clock speed	855 MHz	1800 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	537.6 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)	17.20 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS	8.602 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	2048
Pixel fill rate	92.16 GPixel/s	134.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s	268.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	11060 million
Compute units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Form factor		IGP
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	336.0 GB/s	256.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6