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).

NVIDIA RTX A2000

AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

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 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 990 vs 941

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	990 vs 941

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 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19885 vs 13767
Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 97106 vs 73269
2.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 12774 vs 5944

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	19885 vs 13767
Geekbench - OpenCL	97106 vs 73269
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	12774 vs 5944

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

990

941

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13767

19885

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73269

97106

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5944

12774

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	990	941
PassMark - G3D Mark	13767	19885
Geekbench - OpenCL	73269	97106
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5944	12774
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	96	46
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