NVIDIA RTX A5000 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A5000 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 - 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A5000

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 78% higher pipelines: 8192 vs 4608
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 230 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1033 vs 1018
  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154400 vs 151934
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 581.432 vs 578.52
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 54.372 vs 52.561
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22508 vs 16849
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22508 vs 16849
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 vs 28 Oct 2020
Pipelines 8192 vs 4608
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt vs 300 Watt
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1033 vs 1018
Geekbench - OpenCL 154400 vs 151934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 581.432 vs 578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 54.372 vs 52.561
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22508 vs 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22508 vs 16849

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

  • Around 56% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1170 MHz
  • Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 648.0 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 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25026 vs 22858
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 291.971 vs 191.518
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2700.97 vs 2038.811
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3374 vs 3355
  • Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3374 vs 3355
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1170 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate 648.0 GTexel/s vs 433.9 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25026 vs 22858
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 291.971 vs 191.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2700.97 vs 2038.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3720 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3374 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3720 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3374 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A5000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22858
25026
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1033
1018
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
154400
151934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
581.432
578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
54.372
52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
191.518
291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2038.811
2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22508
16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
22508
16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3714
3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3355
3374
Name NVIDIA RTX A5000 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 22858 25026
PassMark - G2D Mark 1033 1018
Geekbench - OpenCL 154400 151934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 581.432 578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6836.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 54.372 52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 191.518 291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2038.811 2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22508 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22508 16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 3374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 19444

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A5000 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA102 Navi 21
Launch date 12 Apr 2021 28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating 71 69
Launch price (MSRP) $649
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1695 MHz 2250 MHz
Core clock speed 1170 MHz 1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 867.8 GFLOPS (1:32) 1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 27.77 TFLOPS (1:1) 41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 27.77 TFLOPS 20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 8192 4608
Pixel fill rate 162.7 GPixel/s 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 433.9 GTexel/s 648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 230 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 26800 million
Compute units 72

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x 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 267 mm (10.5 inches) 267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 700 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 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s 512.0 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