RTX 5000 Ada Generation vs Radeon RX 6900

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6900 with RTX 5000 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

RX 6900
2020
16 GB GDDR6, 255 Watt
69.42

RTX 5000 Ada Generation outperforms RX 6900 by a small 9% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2212
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency18.6620.84
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 21AD102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date28 October 2020 (4 years ago)9 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores460812800
Core clock speedno data1155 MHz
Boost clock speed2105 MHz2550 MHz
Number of transistors23,000 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)255 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate606.21,020
Floating-point processing power19.4 TFLOPS65.28 TFLOPS
ROPs64176
TMUs288400
Tensor Coresno data400
Ray Tracing Coresno data100

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB32 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed16 GB/s2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s576.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.9

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 6900 69.42
RTX 5000 Ada Generation 76.01
+9.5%

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 6900 26751
RTX 5000 Ada Generation 29288
+9.5%

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 69.42 76.01
Recency 28 October 2020 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 255 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 5000 Ada Generation has a 9.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 2% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon RX 6900 and RTX 5000 Ada Generation.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6900 is a desktop card while RTX 5000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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