Radeon Pro W6900X vs FirePro S7100X

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAmethystNavi 21
Market segmentMobile workstationWorkstation
Release date25 May 2016 (8 years ago)3 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$4,999

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 cores20485120
Core clock speed725 MHz1825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2150 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt300 Watt
Texture fill rate92.80688.0
Floating-point processing power2.97 TFLOPS22.02 TFLOPS
ROPs32128
TMUs128320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno dataQuad-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB32 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 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, 4x Thunderbolt
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 May 2016 3 August 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 300 Watt

S7100X has 200% lower power consumption.

Pro W6900X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between FirePro S7100X and Radeon Pro W6900X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro S7100X is a mobile workstation card while Radeon Pro W6900X is a workstation 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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