AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X and AMD Radeon R9 390 X2 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1000 MHz
318.5x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
Around 93% lower typical power consumption: 300 W vs 580 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2x 8 GB

Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 3 September 2015
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s vs 2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W vs 580 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2x 8 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

2.7x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 390 X2

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	141178
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.128

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon R9 390 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 21	Grenada
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	3 September 2015
Place in performance rating	243	246
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 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	2x 2560
Pixel fill rate	275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s	2x 160.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W	580 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,120 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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	4x 8-pin
Width	120 mm 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2x 8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5