AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 65% higher boost clock speed: 2150 MHz vs 1300 MHz
2.8x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 249.6 GTexel/s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3072
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
41.7x lower typical power consumption: 300 W vs 12500 million
4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 151605 vs 53864

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 19 March 2019
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s vs 249.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W vs 12500 million
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	151605 vs 53864

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3947 vs 3739
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3947 vs 3739

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3947 vs 3739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3947 vs 3739

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

151605

53864

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

3947

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

3947

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
Geekbench - OpenCL	151605	53864
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739	3947
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739	3947
PassMark - G3D Mark		11300
PassMark - G2D Mark		784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		135.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3063.269
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		883.876
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		10411
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11925
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		10411

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Vega 10 PRO
Code name	Navi 21	Greenland
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	19 March 2019
Place in performance rating	232	230
Type	Desktop	Desktop
GCN generation		GCN 5.0
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz	1300 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,376 GFLOPS (1:16)	499.2 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	44.03 TFLOPS (2:1)	15.97 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	22.02 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	3072
Pixel fill rate	275.2 GPixel/s	83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s	249.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W	12500 million
Transistor count	26800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Quad-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 W
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	120 mm 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.3
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	402.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective	786 MHz (1572 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2
High bandwidth memory (HBM)
Technologies
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)