NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and AMD Radeon RX 6700 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, 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 2560
  • 3.3x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 230 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 946
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Aug 2021 vs 3 Mar 2021
Pipelines 3328 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt vs 230 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 946

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

  • 4.1x more core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 562 MHz
  • 2.2x more boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • 3.3x more texture fill rate: 413.0 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
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19824 vs 13585
  • Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 100473 vs 73337
  • Around 81% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2435 vs 1345
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 2321 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed 2581 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate 413.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 19824 vs 13585
Geekbench - OpenCL 100473 vs 73337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 2435 vs 1345

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
946
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13585
19824
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
73337
100473
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1345
2435
Name NVIDIA RTX A2000 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 946
PassMark - G3D Mark 13585 19824
Geekbench - OpenCL 73337 100473
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1345 2435
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 349.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7129.567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 34.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 197.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1699.337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 50772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 50772

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A2000 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA106 Navi 22
Launch date 10 Aug 2021 3 Mar 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $479
Place in performance rating 128 51
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1200 MHz 2581 MHz
Core clock speed 562 MHz 2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 124.8 GFLOPS (1:64) 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS (1:1) 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 7.987 TFLOPS 13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3328 2560
Pixel fill rate 57.60 GPixel/s 165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s 413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 70 Watt 230 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million 17200 million
Compute units 40

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) 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width 69 mm (2.7 inches) 110 mm (4.3 inches)
Height 40 mm (1.6 inches)

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 288 GB/s 384 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6