2x Radeon Pro W6800X Duo vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

2x Radeon Pro W6800X Duo $12,000
NVIDIA RTX A6000 $4,649
4x 3840 Shaders
128GB (4x 32GB) GDDR6
1970MHz
10752 Shaders
48GB GDDR6
1800MHz
Peak AI Performance
121.04 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
1.24 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
60.52 TFLOPS
FP32
38.71 TFLOPS
FP16
121.04 TFLOPS
FP16
38.71 TFLOPS
Form Factor
MPX
2x 4.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
800W
TDP
300W
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Power Connectors
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 94,670
31%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 129,470
72%
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 1,180
200%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
121.04 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
1.24 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP16
121.04 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
60.52 TFLOPS
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FP32
38.71 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.78 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
189.12 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
201.6 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
472.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
604.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
Apple
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 XLA
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-875-A1
Market Segment
Workstation
Market Segment
Workstation
Release Date
8/3/2021
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
4x 520 mm²
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
4x 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
MPX
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
4x 3840 Shaders
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Shading Units
10752 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
4x 240 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
336 TMUs
Render Output Units
4x 96 ROPs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
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Tensor Cores
336 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
4x 60 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
84 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
84 SMs
Compute Units
4x 60 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4x 4 GPCs
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1800MHz Base
1970MHz
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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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128GB (4x 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
800W
TDP
300W
Temp
100°C Max
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2x HDMI 2.0
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8x Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps)
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4x DisplayPort 1.4
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Max Resolution
6016x3384
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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
8
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
6.5
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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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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin EPS
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Slots Required
4.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Infinity Fabric
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way NVLink
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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