AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X and AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 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: 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 - Video Composition (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 56

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 60% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Around 72% higher boost clock speed: 2150 MHz vs 1250 MHz
2275.1x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 302.4 GTexel / s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 8 GB
Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 1572 MHz
2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 151605 vs 61716
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3739 vs 3709
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3739 vs 3709

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz vs 1250 MHz
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s vs 302.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5120 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 1572 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	151605 vs 61716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739 vs 3709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739 vs 3709

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 210 Watt vs 300 W

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	210 Watt vs 300 W

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

151605

61716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

3709

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

3709

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Geekbench - OpenCL	151605	61716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739	3709
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739	3709
PassMark - G3D Mark		12354
PassMark - G2D Mark		828
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		153.117
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.138
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.901
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		126.528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1172.788
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12822
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12822
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 5.0
Code name	Navi 21	Vega 10
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	14 August 2017
Place in performance rating	239	242
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz	1250 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,376 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	44.03 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	22.02 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5120	3584
Pixel fill rate	275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s	302.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W	210 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		9,677 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Quad-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm 10.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 W
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	120 mm 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
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	1572 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2