Radeon Pro W6800X vs Pro Vega 64

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking156not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.57no data
ArchitectureGCN 5.0 (2017−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10Navi 21
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)3 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,799

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores40963840
Core clock speed1250 MHz1800 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHz2087 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate345.6500.9
Floating-point processing power11.06 TFLOPS16.03 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs256240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Apple MPX
Length267 mm267 mm
WidthIGPQuad-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneApple MPX

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB32 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed786 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth402.4 GB/s512.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 4x Thunderbolt
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.1.1251.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 3 August 2021
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 200 Watt

Pro W6800X has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro Vega 64 and Radeon Pro W6800X. We've got no test results to judge.


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