AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo and NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 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 - 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.

AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 3 month(s) later
5x more core clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 360 MHz
164583.3x more texture fill rate: 474.0 GTexel/s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 110 nm
256x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 128 MB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 800 MHz

Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	1800 MHz vs 360 MHz
Texture fill rate	474.0 GTexel/s vs 2.88 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

13.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 400 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 400 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 550

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2786
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2786
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2243
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2243
Geekbench - OpenCL	125290
PassMark - G3D Mark		64
PassMark - G2D Mark		325

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo	NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Curie
Code name	Navi 21	NV43 A2
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	20 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$4999
Place in performance rating	503	501
Type	Workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1975 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	360 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	110 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
Pixel fill rate	189.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	474.0 GTexel/s	2.88 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	400 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm (10.5 inches)	198 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	Quad-slot
API support
DirectX	12.2	9.0c
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	512 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3