AMD Radeon Pro W6600X vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600X and AMD Radeon R9 290X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.6x more boost clock speed: 2479 MHz vs 947 MHz
1802.8x more texture fill rate: 317.3 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 250 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Around 55% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67420 vs 43456

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420 vs 43456

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048

Pipelines	2816 vs 2048

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

67420

43456

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420	43456
PassMark - G3D Mark		8623
PassMark - G2D Mark		766
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3925

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 23	Hawaii
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	303	301
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz	947 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2068 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	2816
Pixel fill rate	158.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	Apple MPX	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)