AMD Radeon Pro Duo videocard review

AMD Radeon Pro Duo

Radeon Pro Duo videocard released by AMD; release date: 26 April 2016. At the time of release, the videocard cost $1,499. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on GCN 3.0 microarchitecture codenamed Capsaicin.

Boost clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 4096. Floating-point performance - 2x 8,192 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 8,900 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 350 Watt.

Memory type: High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 2x 4096 Bit. Memory clock speed - 500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 512 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38736
8137
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1310
745
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
351431
53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
141.474 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
3621.344 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
13.132 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
112.973 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
799.933 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
10141 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3713 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
38251 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
10141.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3713.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
38251.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36539
0
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 8137
PassMark - G2D Mark 745
Geekbench - OpenCL 53806
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 141.474 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 3621.344 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 13.132 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 112.973 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 799.933 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 10141 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3713 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 38251 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 10141.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3713.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 38251.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0
Code name Capsaicin
Design reference
Launch date 26 April 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $1,499
Place in performance rating 188
Price now $849
Type Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 17.05

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Compute units 128
Floating-point performance 2x 8,192 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 2x 4096
Texture fill rate 2x 256.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 350 Watt
Transistor count 8,900 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Eyefinity
HDMI
Number of Eyefinity displays 6

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 277 mm
Supplementary power connectors 3x 8-pin

API support

DirectX DirectX® 12
Mantle
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512 GB / s
Memory bus width 2x 4096 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz
Memory type High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)

Technologies

AppAcceleration
CrossFire
Enduro
FreeSync
FRTC
HD3D
LiquidVR
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
ZeroCore