Radeon RX 6900 vs Quadro RTX 5000
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Quadro RTX 5000 with Radeon RX 6900, including specs and performance data.
RX 6900 outperforms RTX 5000 by an impressive 71% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 110 | 30 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 14.93 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 12.06 | 18.55 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2022) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | TU104 | Navi 21 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 August 2018 (6 years ago) | 28 October 2020 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,299 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 3072 | 4608 |
| Core clock speed | 1620 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1815 MHz | 2105 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 13,600 million | 23,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 255 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 348.5 | 606.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 11.15 TFLOPS | 19.4 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| TMUs | 192 | 288 |
| Tensor Cores | 384 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 48 | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 2x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 16 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 512.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 7.5 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 39.21 | 66.87 |
| Recency | 13 August 2018 | 28 October 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 230 Watt | 255 Watt |
RTX 5000 has 10.9% lower power consumption.
RX 6900, on the other hand, has a 70.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon RX 6900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro RTX 5000 in performance tests.
Be aware that Quadro RTX 5000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6900 is a desktop one.
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