AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs AMD Radeon RX Vega

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X and AMD Radeon RX Vega 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 RX Vega

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 79% higher boost clock speed: 2150 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2239.6x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 5120 vs 4096
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
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 141178 vs 67658
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3739 vs 2391
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3739 vs 2391

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 1 April 2017
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s vs 307.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5120 vs 4096
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	141178 vs 67658
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739 vs 2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739 vs 2391

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega

Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 225 Watt vs 300 W

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt vs 300 W

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

141178

67658

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

2391

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3739

2391

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon RX Vega
Geekbench - OpenCL	141178	67658
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739	2391
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739	2391
PassMark - G3D Mark		12297
PassMark - G2D Mark		882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		205.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3992.429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		215.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1291.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2094
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2094
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8455

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	AMD Radeon RX Vega
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	GCN 1.3
Code name	Navi 21	Greenland
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	1 April 2017
Place in performance rating	249	252
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$599.99
Price now		$409.99
Value for money (0-100)		38.94
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz	1200 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1000 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	4096
Pixel fill rate	275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s	307.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W	225 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million
Floating-point performance		9,830 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt
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	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	120 mm 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	512 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2