AMD Radeon Pro W6800 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000

Price now 9030$

Games supported 100%

Price now 3102$

Games supported 100%

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General info

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

Place in performance rating	57	32
Value for money	0.20	4.81
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Ampere	Navi 21
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	5 October 2020 (2 years old)	8 June 2021 (1 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,649	$2,249
Current price	$9030 (1.9x MSRP)	$3102 (1.4x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	10752	3840
Core clock speed	1410 MHz	2075 MHz
Boost clock speed	1800 MHz	2320 MHz
Number of transistors	28,300 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	300 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	625.0	556.8

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on 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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	16000 MHz	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	768.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

4x DisplayPort

6x mini-DisplayPort

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2	1.2
CUDA	8.6	no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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 A6000 41.21

Pro W6800 48.35
+17.3%

3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
3DMark Fire Strike Score
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
3DMark Ice Storm GPU

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RTX A6000 89510
+8.6%

Pro W6800 82458

Quadro RTX A6000 outperforms Radeon Pro W6800 by 9% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RTX A6000 50957
+14.8%

Pro W6800 44404

Quadro RTX A6000 outperforms Radeon Pro W6800 by 15% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX A6000 113167
+22.5%

Pro W6800 92363

Quadro RTX A6000 outperforms Radeon Pro W6800 by 23% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX A6000 25280
+2.9%

Pro W6800 24576

Quadro RTX A6000 outperforms Radeon Pro W6800 by 3% in 3DMark Fire Strike Score.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic enough graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX A6000 27511

Pro W6800 27937
+1.5%

Radeon Pro W6800 outperforms Quadro RTX A6000 by 2% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX A6000 494750
+12.3%

Pro W6800 440592

Quadro RTX A6000 outperforms Radeon Pro W6800 by 12% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS

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

Full HD	159 +16.1%	137 −16.1%
1440p	129 +3.2%	125 −3.2%
4K	106 +26.2%	84 −26.2%

Popular games

Full HD
Low Preset
Full HD
Medium Preset
Full HD
High Preset
Full HD
Ultra Preset
1440p
High Preset
1440p
Ultra Preset
4K
High Preset
4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

75−80

−18.7%

85−90
+18.7%

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75 −11.1%	80−85 +11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75 −15.5%	80−85 +15.5%
Battlefield 5	110−120 −10.1%	130−140 +10.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −16.5%	130−140 +16.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	75−80 −18.7%	85−90 +18.7%
Far Cry 5	52 −34.6%	70 +34.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	66 +8.2%	61 −8.2%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −12.6%	140−150 +12.6%
Hitman 3	130−140 −16.2%	150−160 +16.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −16.9%	100−110 +16.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 −17.6%	80−85 +17.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100−110 −21.6%	120−130 +21.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −14.5%	85−90 +14.5%

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75 −11.1%	80−85 +11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75 −15.5%	80−85 +15.5%
Battlefield 5	110−120 −10.1%	130−140 +10.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −16.5%	130−140 +16.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	75−80 −18.7%	85−90 +18.7%
Far Cry 5	53 −22.6%	65 +22.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	68 +15.3%	59 −15.3%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −12.6%	140−150 +12.6%
Hitman 3	130−140 −16.2%	150−160 +16.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 −16.9%	100−110 +16.9%
Metro Exodus	98 −63.3%	160 +63.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 −17.6%	80−85 +17.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	100−110 −21.6%	120−130 +21.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	307 +54.3%	199 −54.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −14.5%	85−90 +14.5%

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	70−75 −11.1%	80−85 +11.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70−75 −15.5%	80−85 +15.5%
Battlefield 5	110−120 −10.1%	130−140 +10.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	75−80 −18.7%	85−90 +18.7%
Far Cry 5	52 −19.2%	62 +19.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	65 +18.2%	55 −18.2%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 −12.6%	140−150 +12.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	180 +14.6%	157 −14.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	75−80 −14.5%	85−90 +14.5%

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 −19.7%	85−90 +19.7%
Hitman 3	80−85 −22.2%	95−100 +22.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	55−60 −20.3%	70−75 +20.3%
Metro Exodus	84 −104%	171 +104%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35 −23.5%	40−45 +23.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 −24.6%	80−85 +24.6%

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 −17.8%	50−55 +17.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 −21.7%	55−60 +21.7%
Battlefield 5	85−90 −12.6%	95−100 +12.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −26.5%	40−45 +26.5%
Far Cry 5	52 −23.1%	64 +23.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	63 +14.5%	55 −14.5%
Forza Horizon 4	90−95 −18.9%	100−110 +18.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −23.7%	45−50 +23.7%

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −25.6%	45−50 +25.6%
Hitman 3	40−45 −23.3%	50−55 +23.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −25.8%	35−40 +25.8%
Metro Exodus	70 +27.3%	55 −27.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −17.4%	27−30 +17.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 −23.5%	40−45 +23.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	146 +47.5%	99 −47.5%

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	27−30 −20.7%	35−40 +20.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	27−30 −22.2%	30−35 +22.2%
Battlefield 5	50−55 −17.3%	60−65 +17.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −33.3%	20−22 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	50 −20%	60 +20%
Far Cry New Dawn	63 +14.5%	55 −14.5%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −20%	70−75 +20%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −23.8%	24−27 +23.8%

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance rating	41.21	48.35
Recency	5 October 2020	8 June 2021
Cost	$4649	$2249
Memory bus width	384	256
Pipelines / CUDA cores	10752	3840
Memory bandwidth	768	512
Chip lithography	8 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	300 Watt	250 Watt

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, Technical City recommends

Radeon Pro W6800

since it shows better performance.

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Quadro RTX A6000

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Competitors of Quadro RTX A6000 by AMD

According to our data, the closest equivalent to Quadro RTX A6000 by AMD is Radeon Pro Vega II Duo, which is slower by 2% and lower by 6 positions in our rating.

Radeon Pro Vega II Duo

Compare

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro RTX A6000:

Radeon Pro W6800 117.33

Radeon Pro W5700X 107.55

Radeon Pro VII 103.03

Quadro RTX A6000 100

Radeon Pro Vega II Duo 97.67

Radeon Pro W5700 95.73

Radeon Pro Vega II 95.32

Competitors of Radeon Pro W6800 by NVIDIA

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon Pro W6800 from NVIDIA is Quadro RTX 6000, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our rating.