Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Radeon RX 6900 XT and Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6900 XT
- + RDNA 2.0 architecture
- + Navi 21 codename
- + 16GB GDDR6 memory
- + PCIe 4.0 x16 interface
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
- + Blackwell 2.0 architecture
- + GB206-300-A1 codename
- + 8GB GDDR7 memory
- + PCIe 5.0 x16 interface
Pros & Cons
- Large 16GB memory pool
- Hardware ray tracing support
- High power consumption (300W TGP)
- No DLSS upscaling support
- Older generation architecture
"A mid-range AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT graphics card with modest gaming performance (57/100). Suited for 1080p gaming and everyday tasks."
- Hardware ray tracing support
- DLSS upscaling support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A entry-level Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) graphics card with modest workstation performance (43/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 139 | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 185 | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 208 | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 152 | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 103 | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 179 | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 112 | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 127 | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 208 | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 157 | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — |
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 188 | 98 |
| 1080p Ultra | 157 | 79 |
| 1440p Ultra | 121 | 57 |
| 4K Ultra | 71 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
Benchmarks
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 20809 | 8744 |
| Solar Bay | 86980 | 46594 |
| Port Royal | 10539 | 5904 |
| Fire Strike | 57319 | 26026 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 39341 | 20405 |
| Night Raid | 159586 | 148588 |
| Radeon RX 6900 XT | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 1062 | 768 |
| DirectX 11 | 279 FPS | 139 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 111 FPS | 79 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14356 Ops/s | 6323 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Radeon RX 6900 XT ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 124121 | 112758 |
| Background Blur | 231.6 img/sec | 186.3 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 152.5 img/sec | 104.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.26 Gpixels/sec | 4.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.75 Gpixels/sec | 5.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 5.87 Gpixels/sec | 6.65 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.12 Gpixels/sec | 1.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 618.7 Gpixels/sec | 515.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 17973.9 FPS | 15588.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6900 XT ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 33651 | 16848 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 36994 | 32774 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 24546 | 13334 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 13868 | 6726 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 17467 | 21836 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 32396 | 18317 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 47808 | 39579 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 178873 | 68707 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4358 | 2539 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 7910 | 5168 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 15394 | 8919 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 57351 | 33328 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 372610 | 119318 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6900 XT ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | 8-Dec-20 | 18-Mar-25 |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Professional |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Navi 21 | GB206-300-A1 |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core i7 12700Kor above | -Intel Core Ultra 7 255HXor above |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6900 XT ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 1825 MHz | 952-1657 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 2250 MHz | 1657-2437 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 5120 | 3328 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 320 | 104 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 26 | |
| Tensor Cores | 104 | |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 80 | 26 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 4MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6900 XT ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 288 GPixel/s | 53-78 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 720 GTexel/s | 172-253 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 23 TFLOPS | 11-16.2 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6900 XT ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 300 W | 45-115 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 26 billion | 21.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 50 MTr/mm² | 120.99 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6900 XT ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Specification | Radeon RX 6900 XT ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3 |
| CUDA | 12 | |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 2.1b |
