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 59% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 126234
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 737.53 vs 432.118
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 59.432 vs 41.585
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2347.314 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 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 17833 vs 16306
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 200330 vs 126234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 vs 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 vs 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2347.314 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 17833 vs 16306

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
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22318 vs 4237
  • 11.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 973 vs 86
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 383.037 vs 189.702
  • 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
Specifications (specs)
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 22318 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 973 vs 86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 383.037 vs 189.702
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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
22318
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
973
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
200330
126234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
737.53
432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.432
41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
189.702
383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2347.314
2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
17833
16306
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 22318
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 973
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 126234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 189.702 383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2347.314 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 17833 16306

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 AMD Radeon RX 6800

Essentials

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 94 76
Type Desktop

Technical info

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

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) 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)

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 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