AMD Radeon Pro W6600M vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6600M and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier 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: 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 59% higher core clock speed: 2200 MHz vs 1382 MHz
  • Around 81% higher boost clock speed: 2903 MHz vs 1600 MHz
  • 793.7x more texture fill rate: 325.1 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3.8x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15257 vs 12980
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15257 vs 12980
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 760 vs 742
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed 2200 MHz vs 1382 MHz
Boost clock speed 2903 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Texture fill rate 325.1 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15257 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15257 vs 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3356
PassMark - G2D Mark 760 vs 742

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

  • 2.3x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1792
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13013 vs 10806
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 4096 vs 1792
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3716
PassMark - G3D Mark 13013 vs 10806

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6600M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15257
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15257
12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3356
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
760
742
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10806
13013
Name AMD Radeon Pro W6600M AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15257 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15257 12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3356
PassMark - G2D Mark 760 742
PassMark - G3D Mark 10806 13013
Geekbench - OpenCL 75767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1373.944
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7074

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W6600M AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 5.0
Code name Navi 23 Vega 10
Launch date 8 Jun 2021 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 190 189
Launch price (MSRP) $999
Price now $999.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 14.37

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2903 MHz 1600 MHz
Compute units 28
Core clock speed 2200 MHz 1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 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 4096
Pixel fill rate 185.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 325.1 GTexel/s 409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 300 Watt
Transistor count 11060 million 12,500 million
Floating-point performance 13,107 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 8-pin
Length 267 mm

API support

DirectX 12.1 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 2.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s 483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 2048 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) 1890 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 HBM2