AMD Radeon PRO W7900 vs NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon PRO W7900 and NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon PRO W7900

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon PRO W7900

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 915 MHz
673.3x more texture fill rate: 958.1 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 295 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1152 vs 960
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 28976 vs 28492

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 Apr 2023 vs 3 Dec 2022
Core clock speed	1855 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1152 vs 960
PassMark - G3D Mark	28976 vs 28492

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

3x more pipelines: 18176 vs 6144
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Around 64% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 316490 vs 192729

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 2495 MHz
Pipelines	18176 vs 6144
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	316490 vs 192729

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon PRO W7900
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1152

960

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28976

28492

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

192729

316490

Name	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
PassMark - G2D Mark	1152	960
PassMark - G3D Mark	28976	28492
Geekbench - OpenCL	192729	316490

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon PRO W7900	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 31	AD102
Launch date	13 Apr 2023	3 Dec 2022
Launch price (MSRP)	$3999
Place in performance rating	7	5
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2495 MHz	2505 MHz
Compute units	96
Core clock speed	1855 MHz	915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	6144	18176
Pixel fill rate	479.0 GPixel/s	481.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	958.1 GTexel/s	1,423 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	295 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	57700 million	76300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	51 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	280 mm, 11 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	110 mm, 4.3 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	48 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	864.0 GB/s	960.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6