AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 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, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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.

AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 76% higher core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Around 66% higher boost clock speed: 1975 MHz vs 1188 MHz
9634.1x more texture fill rate: 474.0 GTexel/s vs 49.2 billion / sec
5x more pipelines: 3840 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB
333.3x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 6.6 GB/s
7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 113306 vs 16110

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 20 August 2015
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Boost clock speed	1975 MHz vs 1188 MHz
Texture fill rate	474.0 GTexel/s vs 49.2 billion / sec
Pipelines	3840 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 6.6 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	113306 vs 16110

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

4.4x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 400 Watt
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3697 vs 2786
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3697 vs 2786
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2243
Around 50% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2243

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 400 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3697 vs 2786
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3697 vs 2786
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 2243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 2243

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2786

3697

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2786

3697

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2243

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2243

3356

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

113306

16110

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2786	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2786	3697
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2243	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2243	3356
Geekbench - OpenCL	113306	16110
PassMark - G3D Mark		5339
PassMark - G2D Mark		644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		60.473
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		758.865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		231.508
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6803
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6803
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1871

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Navi 21	GM206
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	20 August 2015
Launch price (MSRP)	$4999	$159
Place in performance rating	531	533
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$194.44
Value for money (0-100)		30.06
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1975 MHz	1188 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	1024 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	768
Pixel fill rate	189.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	474.0 GTexel/s	49.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	2,940 million
CUDA cores		768
Floating-point performance		1,825 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	7.938" (20.2 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pins
Width	Quad-slot
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		2x
API support
DirectX	12.2	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	105.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	6.6 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround