NVIDIA RTX A6000 vs AMD Radeon R9 Nano

VS
Performance
RTX A6000195% better
50,95749% of 104,598
Radeon R9 Nano
17,28217% of 104,598

The RTX A6000 has 195% better performance than the Radeon R9 Nano for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

Performance per dollar
RTX A6000
10.967% of 161.45
Radeon R9 Nano143% better
26.6316% of 161.45

The Radeon R9 Nano has 143% better value for the money than the RTX A6000 for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

Shop RTX A6000
Shop Radeon R9 Nano
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Summary

#

About the NVIDIA RTX A6000 GPU

The NVIDIA RTX A6000 is a workstation graphics card that launched in Q4 2020 with a MSRP of $4,649. It is built on the Ampere GPU microarchitecture (codename GA102) and is manufactured on a 8 nm process.

Memory

The RTX A6000 has 48 GB of GDDR6 memory, with a 2,000 MHz memory clock and a 384 bit interface. This gives it a memory bandwidth of 768 Gb/s, which affects how fast it can transfer data to and from memory. GPU memory stores temporary data that helps the GPU with complex math and graphics operations. More memory is generally better, as not having enough can cause performance bottlenecks.

Cores and Clock Speeds

The RTX A6000 includes 10,752 CUDA cores, the processing units for handling parallel computing tasks. The GPU operates at a core clock speed of 1,410 MHz and can dynamically boost its clock speed up to 1,800 MHz. Complementing the processing units are 336 texture mapping units (TMUs) for efficient texture filtering and 112 render output units (ROPs) for pixel processing. Additionally, the GPU features 336 tensor cores optimized for AI-accelerated workloads and 84 RT cores dedicated to real-time ray tracing calculations.

Compatibility & Power Consumption

The RTX A6000 occupies 2 PCIe expansion slots. It supports DisplayPort 1.4a display connections. NVIDIA recommends a power supply of at least 700 W to handle the GPU's thermal design power (TDP) of 300 W.

Benchmark Performance & Value

The RTX A6000 has the 26th best 3DMark 11 Performance GPU score among the 543 benchmarked GPUs in our database. It achieves 48.72% of the performance of the best benchmarked GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Its 50,957 score and $4,649 launch price (MSRP) gives it a performance per dollar of 10.96. This is the 97th best in value for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

About the AMD Radeon R9 Nano GPU

The AMD Radeon R9 Nano is an end-of-life desktop graphics card that released in Q3 2015 with a MSRP of $649. It is built on the GCN 3.0 GPU microarchitecture (codename Fiji) and is manufactured on a 28 nm process.

Memory

The R9 Nano has 4 GB of HBM memory, with a 500 MHz memory clock and a 4,096 bit interface. This gives it a memory bandwidth of 512 Gb/s, which affects how fast it can transfer data to and from memory. GPU memory stores temporary data that helps the GPU with complex math and graphics operations. More memory is generally better, as not having enough can cause performance bottlenecks.

Cores and Clock Speeds

The R9 Nano includes 4,096 stream processors (SPs), the processing units for handling parallel computing tasks. The GPU operates at a core clock speed of 1,000 MHz. Complementing the processing units are 256 texture mapping units (TMUs) for efficient texture filtering and 64 render output units (ROPs) for pixel processing.

Compatibility & Power Consumption

The R9 Nano occupies 2 PCIe expansion slots. It supports HDMI 1.4a, DisplayPort 1.2 display connections. AMD recommends a power supply of at least 450 W to handle the GPU's thermal design power (TDP) of 175 W.

Benchmark Performance & Value

The R9 Nano has the 133rd best 3DMark 11 Performance GPU score among the 543 benchmarked GPUs in our database. It achieves 16.52% of the performance of the best benchmarked GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Its 17,282 score and $649 launch price (MSRP) gives it a performance per dollar of 26.63. This is the 82nd best in value for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

General Info

General overview of the GPU, including details like its manufacturer, release date, launch price, and current production status.

InfoRTX A6000Radeon R9 Nano
ManufacturerNVIDIAAMD
ArchitectureAmpereGCN 3.0
Market SegmentWorkstationDesktop
Release DateQ4 2020Q3 2015
Launch Price (MSRP)$4,649$649
Production StatusActiveEnd-of-life
ShopCheck PriceCheck Price

Gaming Performance

#

Select a game to compare FPS metrics

Display FPS for F1 2021
F1 2021
Display FPS for F1 2020
F1 2020
Display FPS for Far Cry New Dawn
Far Cry New Dawn
Display FPS for Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus
Display FPS for Strange Brigade
Strange Brigade
Display FPS for X-Plane 11
X-Plane 11
Display FPS for Final Fantasy XV Benchmark
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark

FPS Benchmarks

This table showcases the average frame rate (FPS) achieved both GPUs in at various resolutions. Frame rate is a crucial indicator of how smoothly the GPU can run the game. A higher FPS generally translates to a smoother gameplay experience.

  • Frames Per Second
FPS data for F1 2021
F1 2021
RTX A6000Radeon R9 Nano
Low - 720p
333 FPS
--
Medium - 1080p
313 FPS
--
High - 1080p
281 FPS
--
Ultra - 1080p
162 FPS
--
QHD - 1440p
155 FPS
--
4K UHD - 2160p
100 FPS
--
FPS Source: Notebookcheck

Compare Frames Per Second (FPS)

The average frame rate (FPS) in can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative performance. Generally, higher FPS results in a smoother gameplay experience.

Choose Baseline GPU:RTX A6000 orRadeon R9 Nano
GPUFrames Per Second
RTX A600099.7
RTX A200028.4-72%
RTX A2000 (12 GB)28.4-72%

Compare Cost Per Frame

The average cost per frame in can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative value. Generally, a lower cost per frame implies better value for your money.

Choose Baseline GPU:RTX A6000 orRadeon R9 Nano
GPUCost Per Frame
RTX A200015.81-66%
RTX A2000 (12 GB)15.81-66%
RTX A600046.63

Benchmark Performance

#
Performance
RTX A6000195% better
50,95749% of 104,598
Radeon R9 Nano
17,28217% of 104,598

The RTX A6000 has 195% better performance than the Radeon R9 Nano for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

The RTX A6000 is ranked 26th with a score of 50,957, and the Radeon R9 Nano is ranked 133rd with a score of 17,282.

Performance per dollar
RTX A6000
10.967% of 161.45
Radeon R9 Nano143% better
26.6316% of 161.45

The Radeon R9 Nano has 143% better value for the money than the RTX A6000 for the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark.

The RTX A6000 is ranked 97th with a performance per dollar of 10.96, and the Radeon R9 Nano is ranked 82nd with a performance per dollar of 26.63.

Relative Performance

The average score in the benchmark test can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative performance. Generally, powerful GPUs tend to have higher scores.

Choose Baseline GPU:RTX A6000 or
GPUBenchmark Performance
RTX 6000 Ada Generation70,850+39%
RTX A600050,957
Radeon PRO W680044,404-13%
Quadro P500020,096-61%
RTX A200019,978-61%
Radeon R9 FURY17,543-66%
GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB)17,401-66%
Radeon R9 Nano17,282-66%
Radeon R9 290X16,167.5-68%
GeForce GTX 97016,033-69%

Relative Value For Money

The average performance per dollar in the benchmark test can be compared to similar GPUs to assess relative value. A higher score implies a better value for your money.

Choose Baseline GPU:RTX A6000 or
GPUPerformance Per Dollar
Radeon R9 290X29.45+169%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti28.14+157%
Radeon R9 Nano26.63+143%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti22.34+104%
GeForce GTX 68020.47+87%
Quadro P400018.94+73%
Radeon Pro WX 310018.55+69%
RTX A600010.96
RTX 6000 Ada Generation10.42-5%
Quadro P50008.04-27%

Benchmark Scores

This table showcases the average performance scores achieved by both GPUs across industry-standard benchmark tests. These scores provide a valuable insight into overall performance. Powerful GPUs tend to have higher scores.

  • Popular
BenchmarkRTX A6000Radeon R9 Nano
3DMark Time Spy Graphics
10,490
(+132.54%)
4,511
3DMark Time Spy Score
10,571
(+132.02%)
4,556
3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
113,167
(+39.07%)
81,374
3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
27,511
(+91.55%)
14,362
3DMark 11 Performance Score
34,321
(+132.01%)
14,793
PassMark G3D Mark
22,540
--
PassMark G2D Mark
921
--
Benchmarks Source: Notebookcheck

Technical Specs

#

Graphics Processor

General information about the graphics processing unit like their architecture, manufacturing process size, and transistor count. Newer GPU architectures generally bring efficiency improvements and may introduce technologies that enhance graphical capabilities.

SpecRTX A6000Radeon R9 Nano
CodenameGA102Fiji
ArchitectureAmpereGCN 3.0
Process Size8 nm28 nm
Transistors28,300 million8,900 million

Memory Details

Memory specifications like their capacity, bandwidth, and clock speeds. GPU memory stores graphics data like frames, textures, and shadows which helps display rendered images. These specs are crucial for graphics-intense applications like gaming and 3D modeling.

SpecRTX A6000Radeon R9 Nano
Memory Size48 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6HBM
Memory Bandwidth768 Gb/s512 Gb/s
Memory Clock2,000 MHz500 MHz
Memory Interface384 bit4,096 bit
L1 Cache128 KB16 KB
L2 Cache6 MB2 MB

Board Compatibility

Compatibility information like their slot size, bus interface, power consumption, and display support. These specs are useful for verifying compatibility with your motherboard, power supply, and monitor.

SpecRTX A6000Radeon R9 Nano
Slots2 slots2 slots
Bus InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Thermal Design Power (TDP)300 W175 W
Suggested PSU700 W450 W
Power Connectors8-pin EPS1x 8-pin
OutputsDisplayPort 1.4aHDMI 1.4a, DisplayPort 1.2

Cores & Clock Speeds

Processing power information like its cores and clock speed. These specs impact how fast they can process graphics. Each type of core or component serves a specific computational purpose.

SpecRTX A6000Radeon R9 Nano
Stream Processors (SP)--4,096
CUDA Cores10,752--
Compute Units (CU)--64
Stream Multiprocessors (SM)84--
Texture Mapping Units (TMU)336256
Render Output Units (ROP)11264
Tensor Cores336--
Ray Tracing Cores84--
Core Clock Speed1,410 MHz1,000 MHz
Core Clock Speed (Boost)1,800 MHz--

Theoretical Performance

Theoretical performance numbers derived from the raw specifications of the different components like core count and clock speeds. While these provide a glimpse into peak processing power, they do not represent real-world performance.

SpecRTX A6000Radeon R9 Nano
Pixel Fill Rate201.6 GPixel/s64 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate604.8 GTexel/s256 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance38.71 TFLOPS8.19 TFLOPS
FP64 Performance604.8 GFLOPS512 GFLOPS

API Support

Graphics API versions supported by these graphics cards. APIs evolve over time, introducing new features and functionalities. Older GPUs may not support recent versions.

SpecRTX A6000Radeon R9 Nano
DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_0)
OpenCL3.02.1
OpenGL4.64.6
Shader Model6.86.5

Check out these comparisons for similar GPUs:

Looking for alternatives? Check out these similar GPUs:

* Performance rating, performance per dollar, and rankings are based on the 3DMark 11 Performance GPU benchmark and MSRP.