NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 - 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 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
3.6x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 990 vs 973

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	990 vs 973

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

3x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 15% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3328
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22313 vs 13767
Around 72% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 126207 vs 73269
2.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 16306 vs 5944

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	505.2 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 3328
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	22313 vs 13767
Geekbench - OpenCL	126207 vs 73269
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	16306 vs 5944

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

990

973

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13767

22313

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73269

126207

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5944

16306

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G2D Mark	990	973
PassMark - G3D Mark	13767	22313
Geekbench - OpenCL	73269	126207
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5944	16306
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3373

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 21
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$579
Place in performance rating	97	76
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	2105 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	3840
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	26800 million
Compute units		60
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)	120 mm (4.7 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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6