NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs AMD Radeon RX 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 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, 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

AMD Radeon RX 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 63% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2048
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 751
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13585 vs 12610
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 73337 vs 59213

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 21 Jan 2020
Pipelines	3328 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 751
PassMark - G3D Mark	13585 vs 12610
Geekbench - OpenCL	73337 vs 59213

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
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

971

751

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13585

12610

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73337

59213

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	AMD Radeon RX 5600
PassMark - G2D Mark	971	751
PassMark - G3D Mark	13585	12610
Geekbench - OpenCL	73337	59213
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1345
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	AMD Radeon RX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 10
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	21 Jan 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$449
Place in performance rating	128	127
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	13250 million	10300 million
Compute units		32
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	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	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6