NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000
- Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s
- 2.8x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3840
- 3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
- Around 50% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 193937 vs 129479
- Around 70% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 735.8 vs 432.118
- Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 58.523 vs 41.585
- Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2342.233 vs 2280.457
- Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23142 vs 16162
- Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23142 vs 16162
- Around 46% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4665 vs 3188
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 625.0 GTexel/s vs 505.2 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 10752 vs 3840 |
| Maximum memory size | 48 GB vs 16 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 193937 vs 129479 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 735.8 vs 432.118 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 58.523 vs 41.585 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2342.233 vs 2280.457 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 23142 vs 16162 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 23142 vs 16162 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4665 vs 3188 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800
- Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1455 MHz
- Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1860 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
- Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 300 Watt
- 5.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22131 vs 4237
- 11.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 988 vs 86
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 178.784
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3373 vs 3353
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3373 vs 3353
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| Core clock speed | 1700 MHz vs 1455 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2105 MHz vs 1860 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 8 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 250 Watt vs 300 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 22131 vs 4237 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 988 vs 86 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 383.037 vs 178.784 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3719 vs 3712 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3373 vs 3353 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3719 vs 3712 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3373 vs 3353 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA RTX A6000 | AMD Radeon RX 6800 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 4237 | 22131 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 86 | 988 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 193937 | 129479 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 735.8 | 432.118 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 58.523 | 41.585 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 178.784 | 383.037 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2342.233 | 2280.457 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 23142 | 16162 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3712 | 3719 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3353 | 3373 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 23142 | 16162 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3712 | 3719 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3353 | 3373 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 4665 | 3188 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | |
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| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 2.0 |
| Code name | GA102 | Navi 21 |
| Launch date | 5 Oct 2020 | 28 Oct 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $4649 | $579 |
| Place in performance rating | 100 | 84 |
| Type | Desktop | |
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| Boost clock speed | 1860 MHz | 2105 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1455 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 7 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 1250 GFLOPS (1:32) | 1010 GFLOPS (1:16) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 40.00 TFLOPS (1:1) | 32.33 TFLOPS (2:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 40.00 TFLOPS | 16.17 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 10752 | 3840 |
| Pixel fill rate | 208.3 GPixel/s | 202.1 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 625.0 GTexel/s | 505.2 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt | 250 Watt |
| Transistor count | 28300 million | 26800 million |
| Compute units | 60 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 | 600 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS | 2x 8-pin |
| Width | 112 mm (4.4 inches) | 120 mm (4.7 inches) |
| Height | 40 mm (1.6 inches) | |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.5 |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 48 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 |
