Radeon Pro Duo Polaris vs RX 5600 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking141not rated
Place by popularity79not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation55.72no data
Power efficiency16.30no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameNavi 10Ellesmere
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date21 January 2020 (4 years ago)24 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$279 $999

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 cores23042304
Core clock speed1130 MHz1243 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHzno data
Number of transistors10,300 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate224.6179.0
Floating-point processing power7.188 TFLOPS5.728 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs144144

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 3.0 x16
Length267 mm305 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s224.0 GB/s
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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 January 2020 24 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 250 Watt

RX 5600 XT has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

Pro Duo Polaris, on the other hand, has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5600 XT and Radeon Pro Duo Polaris. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5600 XT is a desktop card while Radeon Pro Duo Polaris is a workstation one.


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