GPU Comparison
RADEON
AMD Radeon RX 6800
CORE STATE
Navi 21
VRAM
16 GB
CLOCK SPEED
2105 MHz
TDP
250 W
BUS WIDTH
256 bit
ARCHITECTURE
RDNA 2.0
PROCESS
7 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2020
VS
GEFORCE
PG506-232
CORE STATE
GA100
VRAM
24 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1440 MHz
TDP
165 W
BUS WIDTH
3072 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
7 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2021
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_metal
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA PG506-232
RX 6800 and NVIDIA PG506-232 deliver almost equal benchmark scores in the comparative comparison. Any score variations between these two typically remain below margin of error, leaving either a good choice. This parity renders the decision interesting. Other considerations turn increasingly critical. Availability often sways the balance.
For those uncertain between RX 6800 and NVIDIA PG506-232, rest comfortable that either choice provides equivalent rendering throughput. The test data demonstrates no obvious winner. Base your decision on other considerations and benefit from excellent visual capability either way. Each are excellent in this particular way. Go with confidently.
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
RX 6800
PG506-232
Core Specs
Shading Units
3,840
3,584
-6.7%
Shaders
3,840
3,584
-6.7%
TMUs
240
224
-6.7%
ROPs
96
96
0.0%
Compute Units
60
—
SM Count
—
56
Clocks
Base Clock
1700 MHz
930 MHz
Boost Clock
2105 MHz
1440 MHz
Game Clock
1815 MHz
—
Memory Clock
2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
1215 MHz
2.4 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
16 GB
24 GB
VRAM (MB)
16,384
24,576
+50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
HBM2
Memory Bus
256 bit
3072 bit
Bandwidth
512.0 GB/s
933.1 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB per Array
192 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
4 MB
24 MB
L3 Cache
128 MB
—
L0 Cache
32 KB per WGP
—
Performance
Pixel Rate
202.1 GPixel/s
138.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
505.2 GTexel/s
322.6 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
16.17 TFLOPS
10.32 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
1,010.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
60
—
Tensor Cores
—
224
Power
TDP
250 W
165 W
TDP (W)
250
165
-34.0%
Suggested PSU
600 W
450 W
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
8-pin EPS
Architecture
Architecture
RDNA 2.0
Ampere
GPU Name
Navi 21
GA100
Generation
Navi II
(RX 6000)
Server Ampere
(Axx)
Process Size
7 nm
7 nm
Transistors
26,800 million
54,200 million
Die Size
520 mm²
826 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
51.5M / mm²
65.6M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
—
OpenGL
4.6
—
Vulkan
1.4
—
OpenCL
2.1
3.0
CUDA
—
8.0
Shader Model
6.8
—
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
Length
267 mm
10.5 inches
267 mm
10.5 inches
Height
120 mm
4.7 inches
112 mm
4.4 inches
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.12x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Other
Launch Price
579 USD
—
Production
End-of-life
End-of-life
Predecessor
Navi
Tesla Turing
Successor
Navi III
Server Ada