Radeon 680M vs Pro W6900X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	336
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	22.28
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 21	Rembrandt+
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	3 August 2021 (3 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,999	no data

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 cores	5120	768
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	2150 MHz	2200 MHz
Number of transistors	26,800 million	13,100 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	688.0	105.6
Floating-point processing power	22.02 TFLOPS	3.379 TFLOPS
ROPs	128	32
TMUs	320	48
Ray Tracing Cores	80	12

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	Quad-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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 type	GDDR6	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	2.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3

Pros & cons summary

---

Recency	3 August 2021	3 January 2023
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	50 Watt

---

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

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.

---