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.

NVIDIA RTX A5000

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

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: 1032 vs 1025
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	1032 vs 1025
Geekbench - OpenCL	154729 vs 154220
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 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 22553
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	25004 vs 22553
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

22553

25004

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1032

1025

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

154729

154220

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	22553	25004
PassMark - G2D Mark	1032	1025
Geekbench - OpenCL	154729	154220
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		3689

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	69	71
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