NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A6000 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 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 - 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

  • 2.1x more pipelines: 10752 vs 5120
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 160986
  • Around 36% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 737.53 vs 543.753
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 59.432 vs 51.155
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 23142 vs 17213
  • Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 23142 vs 17213
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 10752 vs 5120
Maximum memory size 48 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 vs 160986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 vs 543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 vs 51.155
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 vs 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

  • Around 25% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1455 MHz
  • Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1860 MHz
  • Around 15% higher texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 625.0 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26857 vs 4237
  • 12.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1048 vs 86
  • Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 320.733 vs 189.702
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2566.9 vs 2347.314
  • Around 17% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20911 vs 17833
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Boost clock speed 2250 MHz vs 1860 MHz
Texture fill rate 720.0 GTexel/s vs 625.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 26857 vs 4237
PassMark - G2D Mark 1048 vs 86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 320.733 vs 189.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2566.9 vs 2347.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3714 vs 3712
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3714 vs 3712
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 20911 vs 17833

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A6000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
4237
26857
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
1048
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
200330
160986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
737.53
543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
59.432
51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
189.702
320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2347.314
2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23142
17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3712
3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3353
3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
17833
20911
Name NVIDIA RTX A6000 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G3D Mark 4237 26857
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 1048
Geekbench - OpenCL 200330 160986
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 737.53 543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 59.432 51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 189.702 320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2347.314 2566.9
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 23142 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3712 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3353 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 23142 17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3712 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3353 3350
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 17833 20911
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA RTX A6000 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Code name GA102 Navi 21
Launch date 5 Oct 2020 28 Oct 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $4649 $999
Place in performance rating 94 70
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1860 MHz 2250 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1250 GFLOPS (1:32) 1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS (1:1) 46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 40.00 TFLOPS 23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines 10752 5120
Pixel fill rate 208.3 GPixel/s 288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 625.0 GTexel/s 720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 26800 million
Compute units 80

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Triple-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 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8-pin EPS 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 48 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 768 GB/s 512 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