NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs AMD Radeon Pro V520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 and AMD Radeon Pro V520 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 - 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 A6000

AMD Radeon Pro V520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 230.4 GTexel/s
4.7x more pipelines: 10752 vs 2304
6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 61570
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23142 vs 13220
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23142 vs 13220

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 230.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 2304
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	200330 vs 61570
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	23142 vs 13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	23142 vs 13220

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro V520

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12258 vs 4237
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 525 vs 86
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 16807 vs 3712
11.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 37642 vs 3353
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 16807 vs 3712
11.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 37642 vs 3353

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Dec 2020 vs 5 Oct 2020
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12258 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark	525 vs 86
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	16807 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	37642 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	16807 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	37642 vs 3353

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro V520

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4237

12258

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

525

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

200330

61570

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23142

13220

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

16807

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

37642

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23142

13220

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3712

16807

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3353

37642

Name	NVIDIA RTX A6000	AMD Radeon Pro V520
PassMark - G3D Mark	4237	12258
PassMark - G2D Mark	86	525
Geekbench - OpenCL	200330	61570
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	737.53
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	59.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	189.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2347.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	23142	13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3712	16807
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353	37642
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	23142	13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3712	16807
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353	37642
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	17833

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A6000	AMD Radeon Pro V520
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA102	Navi 12
Launch date	5 Oct 2020	1 Dec 2020
Launch price (MSRP)	$4649
Place in performance rating	94	61
Type		Server
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1860 MHz	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	1455 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1250 GFLOPS (1:32)	460.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)	14.75 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	40.00 TFLOPS	7.373 TFLOPS
Pipelines	10752	2304
Pixel fill rate	208.3 GPixel/s	102.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s	230.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	28300 million
Compute units		36
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort	No outputs
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)	700 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm (4.4 inches)	111 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	768 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2