AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X and AMD Radeon RX 590 GME 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1257 MHz
  • Around 56% higher boost clock speed: 2150 MHz vs 1380 MHz
  • 3.5x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 198.7 GTexel/s
  • 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
Launch date 3 Aug 2021 vs 9 Mar 2020
Core clock speed 1825 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed 2150 MHz vs 1380 MHz
Texture fill rate 688.0 GTexel/s vs 198.7 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

  • Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 300 W
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 6839 vs 3739
  • Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 6839 vs 3739
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt vs 300 W
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 6839 vs 3739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 6839 vs 3739

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3739
6839
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3739
6839
Name AMD Radeon Pro W6900X AMD Radeon RX 590 GME
Geekbench - OpenCL 151605
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3739 6839
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3739 6839
PassMark - G2D Mark 680
PassMark - G3D Mark 8448
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 20161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 20161
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1001

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X AMD Radeon RX 590 GME

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 GCN 4.0
Code name Navi 21 Polaris 20
Launch date 3 Aug 2021 9 Mar 2020
Place in performance rating 233 229
Type Desktop Desktop
Design Radeon RX 500 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2150 MHz 1380 MHz
Compute units 80 36
Core clock speed 1825 MHz 1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1,376 GFLOPS (1:16) 397.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 44.03 TFLOPS (2:1) 6.359 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 22.02 TFLOPS 6.359 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5120
Pixel fill rate 275.2 GPixel/s 44.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 688.0 GTexel/s 198.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 300 W 175 Watt
Transistor count 26800 million 5700 million
Render output units 32
Stream Processors 2304
Texture Units 144

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Quad-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 267 mm 10.5 inches 241 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 W 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Width 120 mm 4.7 inches Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s 256 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective 2000 MHz (8 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support