AMD Radeon Pro V520 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro V520 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Pro V520

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro V520

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 Watt
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 16807 vs 3714
4.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 16807 vs 3714
11.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 37642 vs 3350
11.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 37642 vs 3350

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Dec 2020 vs 28 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	16807 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	16807 vs 3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	37642 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	37642 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1600 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 720.0 GTexel/s vs 230.4 GTexel/s
2.2x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2304
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1047 vs 525
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26849 vs 12258
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 17213 vs 13220
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 17213 vs 13220
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 161033 vs 61570

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Texture fill rate	720.0 GTexel/s vs 230.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 2304
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1047 vs 525
PassMark - G3D Mark	26849 vs 12258
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	17213 vs 13220
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	17213 vs 13220
Geekbench - OpenCL	161033 vs 61570

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro V520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

525

1047

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12258

26849

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13220

17213

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

13220

17213

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16807

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

16807

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37642

3350

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

37642

3350

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

61570

161033

Name	AMD Radeon Pro V520	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	525	1047
PassMark - G3D Mark	12258	26849
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	13220	17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	13220	17213
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	16807	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	16807	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	37642	3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	37642	3350
Geekbench - OpenCL	61570	161033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		543.753
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		51.155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		320.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2566.9
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		20908

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro V520	AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	RDNA 2.0
Code name	Navi 12	Navi 21
Launch date	1 Dec 2020	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	61	70
Type	Server	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz	2250 MHz
Compute units	36	80
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	460.8 GFLOPS (1:16)	1440 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	14.75 TFLOPS (2:1)	46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.373 TFLOPS	23.04 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	5120
Pixel fill rate	102.4 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	230.4 GTexel/s	720.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count		26800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	111 mm (4.4 inches)	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Form factor		Triple-slot
Height		50 mm (2 inches)
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.2
OpenCL	2.2	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	512 GB/s
Memory bus width	2048 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective)	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR6