SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6800 16GB vs NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6800 16GB and NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 6800 -
• Board Manufacturer
  Sapphire -
• Board Model
  SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6800 16GB -
• Board SKU
  11305-02-20G -
• Stream Processors
  3840 -
• Architecture
  - Ada Lovelace
• Execution Units
  - 18176
• GPU Chip
  - AD102
• L1 Cache
  - 128 KB
• L2 Cache
  - 96 MB
• Render Output Units
  - 192
• RT Cores
  - 142
• Texture Units
  - 568

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Data Rate
  16 Gbps Effective 16 Gbps
• Memory Size
  16 GB 48 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 768 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  - 384 bit
• Memory Clock
  - 2000 MHz

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Boost Clock
  Up to 2170 MHz 2535 MHz
• Game Clock
  Up to 1950 MHz -
• Base Clock
  - 2175 MHz

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• System Power Supply
  650 W (System power requirement) 700 W (PSU recommendation)
• Total Board Power
  280 W -
• TDP
  - 300 W

Connectivity and connections.

• DisplayPort Ports
  3 × DisplayPort 4 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• HDMI Ports
  1 × HDMI -
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
• Max. Displays
  - 4
• Power Connectors
  - 1x 16-pin

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• CUDA
  - 8.9
• DirectX
  - 12.2
• Max. resolution
  - 3840 × 2160
• OpenCL
  - 3.0
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Shader Model
  - 6.7
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Form Factor
  2.5 slot, ATX Dimension: 303(L)X 127.3(W)X 53.8 (H)mm -
• Length
  - 267 mm
• Slot Size
  - Dual-slot
• Width
  - 112 mm

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada and SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 6800 16GB.

• Process Technology
  - 4 nm
• Release date
  - Q4/2022

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 92.15 TFLOPS (1:1)
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 92.15 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 1,440 GFLOPS (1:64)
• Pixel Rate
  - 486.7 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 1,440 GTexel/s