AMD Radeon PRO W6800 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

AMD Radeon PRO W6800 $2,249
NVIDIA RTX A6000 $4,649
3840 Shaders
32GB GDDR6
2320MHz
10752 Shaders
48GB GDDR6
1800MHz
Peak AI Performance
35.64 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
1.24 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
17.82 TFLOPS
FP32
38.71 TFLOPS
FP16
35.64 TFLOPS
FP16
38.71 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
250W
TDP
300W
Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
35.64 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
1.24 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP16
35.64 TFLOPS
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FP16
38.71 TFLOPS
154.83 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
309.66 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
154.83 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
309.66 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
17.82 TFLOPS
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FP32
38.71 TFLOPS
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FP64
1.11 TFLOPS
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FP64
610 GFLOPS
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BF16
38.71 TFLOPS
154.83 TFLOPS Tensor
309.66 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
77.41 TFLOPS Tensor
154.83 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
619.32 TOPS Tensor
1.24 POPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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309.66 TOPS Tensor
619.32 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
19.35 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
75.6 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
222.72 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
201.6 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
556.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
604.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Radeon PRO W
Family
RTX A
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XL GL
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-875-A1
Market Segment
Workstation
Market Segment
Workstation
Release Date
6/8/2021
Release Date
10/5/2020
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
10752 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
240 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
336 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
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Tensor Cores
336 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
60 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
84 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
84 SMs
Compute Units
60 CUs
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2075MHz Base
2320MHz
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1410MHz Base
1800MHz
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
6MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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32GB
GDDR6
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48GB
GDDR6
ECC
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
768GB/s
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TDP
250W
TDP
300W
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6x mini-DisplayPort 1.4
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4x DisplayPort 1.4
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
2x NVDEC 5
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin EPS
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way NVLink
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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