AMD Radeon Pro W6600M vs AMD Radeon R9 290

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600M and AMD Radeon R9 290 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: 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), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 947 MHz
  • 2145.9x more texture fill rate: 325.1 GTexel/s vs 151.5 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.4x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 275 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15257 vs 6300
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15257 vs 6300
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 vs 5 November 2013
Core clock speed 2200 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate 325.1 GTexel/s vs 151.5 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 275 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15257 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15257 vs 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 vs 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 vs 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3354

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290

  • Around 43% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1792
  • 2.9x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Pipelines 2560 vs 1792
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15257
6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15257
6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3354
Name AMD Radeon Pro W6600M AMD Radeon R9 290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15257 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15257 6300
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 3711
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3354
PassMark - G3D Mark 8313
PassMark - G2D Mark 775
Geekbench - OpenCL 102277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 89.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1366.314
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.034
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 98.765
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 540.645
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3684

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W6600M AMD Radeon R9 290

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Navi 23 Hawaii
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 5 November 2013
Place in performance rating 270 348
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2903 MHz
Compute units 28
Core clock speed 2200 MHz 947 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 650.3 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.81 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.40 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1792 2560
Pixel fill rate 185.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 325.1 GTexel/s 151.5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 275 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 6,200 million
Floating-point performance 4,849 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Length 275 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 320.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 5000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)