NVIDIA RTX A5000 vs AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5000 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).

NVIDIA RTX A5000

AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

2.1x more pipelines: 8192 vs 3840
Around 96% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22884 vs 19919
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1040 vs 934
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154660 vs 131707
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22508 vs 20988
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22508 vs 20988

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	8192 vs 3840
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt vs 450 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	22884 vs 19919
PassMark - G2D Mark	1040 vs 934
Geekbench - OpenCL	154660 vs 131707
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22508 vs 20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22508 vs 20988

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 77% higher core clock speed: 2075 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 2507 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Around 39% higher texture fill rate: 601.7 GTexel/s vs 433.9 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 24 GB

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jun 2021 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	2075 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Boost clock speed	2507 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate	601.7 GTexel/s vs 433.9 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 24 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3717 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3717 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro W6800

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22884

19919

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1040

934

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

154660

131707

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22508

20988

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

22508

20988

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3714

3717

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

Name	NVIDIA RTX A5000	AMD Radeon Pro W6800
PassMark - G3D Mark	22884	19919
PassMark - G2D Mark	1040	934
Geekbench - OpenCL	154660	131707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	581.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	54.372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	22508	20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	22508	20988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714	3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A5000	AMD Radeon Pro W6800
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA102	Navi 21
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	8 Jun 2021
Place in performance rating	65	108
Launch price (MSRP)		$2249
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	2507 MHz
Core clock speed	1170 MHz	2075 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	867.8 GFLOPS (1:32)	1203 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	27.77 TFLOPS (1:1)	38.51 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	27.77 TFLOPS	19.25 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8192	3840
Pixel fill rate	162.7 GPixel/s	240.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	433.9 GTexel/s	601.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	230 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million	26800 million
Compute units		60
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	6x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-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	24 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	768 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6