NVIDIA RTX A4000 vs AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A4000 and AMD Radeon Pro W6800 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX A4000

AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000

Around 60% higher pipelines: 6144 vs 3840
3.2x lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 994 vs 936
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22050 vs 20988
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22050 vs 20988

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	6144 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt vs 450 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	994 vs 936
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22050 vs 20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22050 vs 20988

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 2075 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 61% higher boost clock speed: 2507 MHz vs 1560 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 601.7 GTexel/s vs 299.5 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: 32 GB vs 16 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19881 vs 19419
Around 8% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 131707 vs 122343

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jun 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	2075 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	2507 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Texture fill rate	601.7 GTexel/s vs 299.5 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	19881 vs 19419
Geekbench - OpenCL	131707 vs 122343
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A4000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

19419

19881

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

936

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

122343

131707

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22050

20988

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22050

20988

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3715

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

Name	NVIDIA RTX A4000	AMD Radeon Pro W6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	19419	19881
PassMark - G2D Mark	994	936
Geekbench - OpenCL	122343	131707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	420.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	4156.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	32.297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	162.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1895.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22050	20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22050	20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	11165

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A4000	AMD Radeon Pro W6800
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA104	Navi 21
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	8 Jun 2021
Place in performance rating	105	108
Launch price (MSRP)		$2249
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	2507 MHz
Core clock speed	735 MHz	2075 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	599.0 GFLOPS (1:32)	1203 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	19.17 TFLOPS (1:1)	38.51 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.17 TFLOPS	19.25 TFLOPS
Pipelines	6144	3840
Pixel fill rate	149.8 GPixel/s	240.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	299.5 GTexel/s	601.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	26800 million
Compute units		60
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	241 mm (9.5 inches)	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 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	16 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6