AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo vs AMD Radeon HD 7970
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo and AMD Radeon HD 7970 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 - 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo
- Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- 2.1x more boost clock speed: 1975 MHz vs 925 MHz
- 4003.4x more texture fill rate: 474.0 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s
- Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
- 10.7x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 3 GB
- Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz
- 3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 125290 vs 34541
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 3 Aug 2021 vs 22 December 2011 |
| Boost clock speed | 1975 MHz vs 925 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 474.0 GTexel/s vs 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 3840 vs 2048 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm vs 28 nm |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB vs 3 GB |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1375 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 125290 vs 34541 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 400 Watt
- Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3704 vs 2786
- Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3704 vs 2786
- Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3350 vs 2243
- Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3350 vs 2243
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 300 Watt vs 400 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3704 vs 2786 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3704 vs 2786 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3350 vs 2243 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3350 vs 2243 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970
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| Name | AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
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| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2786 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2786 | 3704 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 2243 | 3350 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 2243 | 3350 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 125290 | 34541 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 84.413 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1390.592 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.336 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 101.929 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 481.76 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 9448 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 9448 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 2276 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo | AMD Radeon HD 7970 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Navi 21 | Tahiti |
| Launch date | 3 Aug 2021 | 22 December 2011 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $4999 | $549 |
| Place in performance rating | 503 | 500 |
| Type | Workstation | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1975 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Compute units | 60 | |
| Core clock speed | 1800 MHz | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 28 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 948.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 30.34 TFLOPS (2:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 15.17 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 3840 | 2048 |
| Pixel fill rate | 189.6 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 474.0 GTexel/s | 118.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 400 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Transistor count | 26800 million | 4,313 million |
| Floating-point performance | 3,789 gflops | |
| Stream Processors | 2048 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm (10.5 inches) | 274 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 800 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Width | Quad-slot | |
| Bus support | PCIe 2.1 x16 | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.2 | 11 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 512 GB/s | 264 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) | 1375 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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