AMD Radeon Pro W6900X vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W6900X and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.7x more core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 500 MHz
3245.3x more texture fill rate: 688.0 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz

Launch date	3 Aug 2021 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 145 Watt vs 300 W

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	145 Watt vs 300 W

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W6900X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	151605
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3739
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3739
PassMark - G2D Mark		653
PassMark - G3D Mark		236

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W6900X	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Curie
Code name	Navi 21	G71
Launch date	3 Aug 2021	24 April 2006
Place in performance rating	231	230
Type	Desktop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz
Compute units	80
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	90 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
Pixel fill rate	275.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	688.0 GTexel/s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 W	145 Watt
Transistor count	26800 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.14x Thunderbolt	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Quad-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	267 mm 10.5 inches	305 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 W
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Width	120 mm 4.7 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective	1210 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3