AMD Radeon Pro W6600X vs ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600X and ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600X

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.3x more core clock speed: 2068 MHz vs 625 MHz
31730x more texture fill rate: 317.3 GTexel/s vs 10 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 90 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 512 MB
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1450 MHz

Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 24 January 2006
Core clock speed	2068 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s vs 10 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1450 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 120 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600X
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL	67420
PassMark - G3D Mark		137
PassMark - G2D Mark		507

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6600X	ATI Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	R500
Code name	Navi 23	R580
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	24 January 2006
Place in performance rating	301	300
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2479 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	2068 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Pixel fill rate	158.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	317.3 GTexel/s	10 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	Apple MPX	PCIe 1.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	46.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1450 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3