NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A2000 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, 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 6900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	10 Aug 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

3.2x more core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
5.8x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 54% higher pipelines: 5120 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 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 991
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26858 vs 13770
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 160978 vs 73271
3.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20911 vs 5946

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 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 - G2D Mark	1048 vs 991
PassMark - G3D Mark	26858 vs 13770
Geekbench - OpenCL	160978 vs 73271
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	20911 vs 5946

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A2000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

991

1048

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13770

26858

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

73271

160978

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5946

20911

Name	NVIDIA RTX A2000	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	991	1048
PassMark - G3D Mark	13770	26858
Geekbench - OpenCL	73271	160978
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5946	20911
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A2000	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 21
Launch date	10 Aug 2021	28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$449	$999
Place in performance rating	97	70
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	562 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)	1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.987 TFLOPS	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3328	5120
Pixel fill rate	57.60 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	13250 million	26800 million
Compute units		80
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	Triple-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	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Width	69 mm (2.7 inches)	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		50 mm (2 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 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