NVIDIA RTX A5500 vs AMD Radeon Pro W6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5500 and AMD Radeon Pro W6600 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, 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 A5500

AMD Radeon Pro W6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5500

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 532.8 GTexel/s vs 325.1 GTexel/s
5.7x more pipelines: 10240 vs 1792
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21150 vs 15863
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 177067 vs 70380

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 Mar 2022 vs 8 Jun 2021
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s vs 325.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10240 vs 1792
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	21150 vs 15863
Geekbench - OpenCL	177067 vs 70380

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600

2x more core clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Around 74% higher boost clock speed: 2903 MHz vs 1665 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 230 Watt
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1023 vs 794

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2200 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Boost clock speed	2903 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1023 vs 794

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5500
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W6600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

794

1023

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

21150

15863

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

177067

70380

Name	NVIDIA RTX A5500	AMD Radeon Pro W6600
PassMark - G2D Mark	794	1023
PassMark - G3D Mark	21150	15863
Geekbench - OpenCL	177067	70380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20826
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20826
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		15778
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		15778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		42325
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		42325

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A5500	AMD Radeon Pro W6600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA102	Navi 23
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	8 Jun 2021
Place in performance rating	37	38
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2903 MHz
Core clock speed	1080 MHz	2200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,066 GFLOPS (1:32)	650.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.81 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	34.10 TFLOPS	10.40 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10240	1792
Pixel fill rate	159.8 GPixel/s	185.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	532.8 GTexel/s	325.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	11060 million
Compute units		28
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	4x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	768.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6