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.

 

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: 1135 vs 947
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29149 vs 28116
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 1135 vs 947
PassMark - G3D Mark 29149 vs 28116

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 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 286435 vs 190321
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 286435 vs 190321

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1135
947
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
29149
28116
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
190321
286435
Name AMD Radeon PRO W7900 NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
PassMark - G2D Mark 1135 947
PassMark - G3D Mark 29149 28116
Geekbench - OpenCL 190321 286435

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 14 11

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