Radeon RX 6900 vs Pro Vega II Duo

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro Vega II Duo with Radeon RX 6900, including specs and performance data.

Pro Vega II Duo
2019
32 GB HBM2, 475 Watt
36.38

RX 6900 outperforms Pro Vega II Duo by an impressive 91% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking13322
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.92no data
Power efficiency5.2518.66
ArchitectureGCN 5.1 (2018−2022)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 20Navi 21
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date3 June 2019 (5 years ago)28 October 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores40964608
Core clock speed1400 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1720 MHz2105 MHz
Number of transistors13,230 million23,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)475 Watt255 Watt
Texture fill rate440.3606.2
Floating-point processing power14.09 TFLOPS19.4 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs256288

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).

InterfaceApple MPXPCIe 4.0 x16
WidthQuad-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 amount32 GB16 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth1.02 TB/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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.0b, 4x Thunderbolt1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.0
Vulkan1.31.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pro Vega II Duo 36.38
RX 6900 69.42
+90.8%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Pro Vega II Duo 14018
RX 6900 26751
+90.8%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 36.38 69.42
Recency 3 June 2019 28 October 2020
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 475 Watt 255 Watt

Pro Vega II Duo has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RX 6900, on the other hand, has a 90.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 86.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 6900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega II Duo in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega II Duo is a workstation graphics card while Radeon RX 6900 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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