AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000

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Combined performance score

RTX 6000
48.73
+293%

Quadro RTX 6000 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 16 by 293% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking56363
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money9.948.87
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Vega (2017−2021)
GPU code nameTU102Vega Mobile
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date13 August 2018 (5 years old)15 November 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$6,299 no data
Current price$3083 (0.5x MSRP)$511
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 6000 has 12% better value for money than Pro Vega 16.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores46081024
Core clock speed1440 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1770 MHz1190 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)260 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate509.876.16

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro RTX 6000 and Radeon Pro Vega 16 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR6HBM2
Maximum RAM amount24 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit1024 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s307.2 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 6000 48.73
+293%
Pro Vega 16 12.41

Quadro RTX 6000 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 16 by 293% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 6000 18884
+293%
Pro Vega 16 4809

Quadro RTX 6000 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 16 by 293% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

RTX 6000 137910
+515%
Pro Vega 16 22421

Quadro RTX 6000 outperforms Radeon Pro Vega 16 by 515% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD230−240
+290%
59
−290%
4K140−150
+268%
38
−268%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 48.73 12.41
Recency 13 August 2018 15 November 2018
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 260 Watt 75 Watt

The Quadro RTX 6000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 16 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 6000 is a workstation card while Radeon Pro Vega 16 is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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