AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris videocard review

Radeon Pro Duo Polaris videocard released by AMD; release date: 24 April 2017. At the time of release, the videocard cost $999. The videocard is designed for workstation-computers and based on GCN 4.0 microarchitecture codenamed Ellesmere.

Core clock speed - 1243 MHz. Texture fill rate - 2x 179.0 GTexel / s billion / sec. Pipelines - 2x 2304. Floating-point performance - 2x 5,728 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 14 nm. Transistors count - 5,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 250 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2x 16392 MB. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 7000 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 2x 224.0 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0
Code name	Ellesmere
Launch date	24 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$999
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1243 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 5,728 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm
Pipelines	2x 2304
Texture fill rate	2x 179.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 16392 MB
Memory bandwidth	2x 224.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5