RTX A4000 vs Radeon RX 5600 OEM

Place in the ranking	174	59
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 10	GA104
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	21 January 2020 (4 years ago)	12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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	2048	6144
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	10,300 million	17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	140 Watt
Texture fill rate	199.7	299.5
Floating-point processing power	6.39 gflops	no data
ROPs	64	96
TMUs	128	192

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 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	241 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-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	6 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s

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	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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. 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.

RX 5600 OEM 31.12

RTX A4000 50.31
+61.7%

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.

RX 5600 OEM 12004

RTX A4000 19403
+61.6%

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	31.12	50.31
Recency	21 January 2020	12 April 2021
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	140 Watt

RX 5600 OEM has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX A4000, on the other hand, has a 61.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 7.1% lower power consumption.

The RTX A4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5600 OEM in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5600 OEM is a desktop card while RTX A4000 is a workstation one.

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