RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs Radeon Pro W6900X

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro W6900X and RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Pro W6900X
2021
32 GB GDDR6, 300 Watt
38.97

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation outperforms Pro W6900X by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8157
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.72no data
Power efficiency10.3051.06
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 21AD104
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date3 August 2021 (3 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores51206144
Core clock speed1825 MHz720 MHz
Boost clock speed2150 MHz1560 MHz
Number of transistors26,800 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate688.0299.5
Floating-point processing power22.02 TFLOPS19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs12880
TMUs320192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Cores8048

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm168 mm
WidthQuad-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB20 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s280.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR++

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, 4x Thunderbolt4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

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.

Pro W6900X 38.97
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 45.06
+15.6%

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 W6900X 17413
RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 20134
+15.6%

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 38.97 45.06
Recency 3 August 2021 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 70 Watt

Pro W6900X has a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 15.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 328.6% lower power consumption.

The RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro W6900X in performance tests.

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