Radeon Pro W6800X vs GeForce GTX 1070 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	114	not rated
Place by popularity	87	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	32.31	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Pascal GP104	Navi 21
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	2 November 2017 (6 years ago)	3 August 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$399	$2,799
Current price	$231 (0.6x MSRP)	$4200 (1.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2432	3840
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1683 MHz	2087 MHz
Number of transistors	7,200 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	200 Watt
Texture fill rate	255.8	500.9
Floating-point performance	8,186 gflops	no data

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 3.0 x16	Apple MPX
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	Quad-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	Apple MPX

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz	16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	256.3 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 4x Thunderbolt
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

+

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	6.1	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 November 2017	3 August 2021
Cost	$399	$2799
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	16 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	180 Watt	200 Watt

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