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.
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 |
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Name | AMD Radeon Pro W6600X | AMD Radeon R9 290X |
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Geekbench - OpenCL | 67420 | 43456 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 8618 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 765 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 117.322 | |
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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
Eyefinity | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 |
OpenCL | 2.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 | |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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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 |
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AMD Eyefinity | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
CrossFire | ||
DDMA audio | ||
FreeSync | ||
HD3D | ||
LiquidVR | ||
TressFX | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) |