NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 7 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Around 41% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1665 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 687
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26728 vs 19781
Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 166004 vs 115184

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 266.4 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1048 vs 687
PassMark - G3D Mark	26728 vs 19781
Geekbench - OpenCL	166004 vs 115184

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

687

1048

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19781

26728

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

115184

166004

Name	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	687	1048
PassMark - G3D Mark	19781	26728
Geekbench - OpenCL	115184	166004
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		21090

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	RDNA 2.0
Code name	AD104	Navi 21
Place in performance rating	60	62
Launch date		28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	5120	5120
Pixel fill rate	106.6 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	266.4 GTexel/s	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	26800 million
Compute units		80
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		23.04 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Height		50 mm (2 inches)
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		700 Watt
Width		120 mm (4.7 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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6