AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000

General info

Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.

Place in performance rating	61	not rated
Value for money	9.40	no data
Architecture	Turing (2018−2021)	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name	TU104	Navi 21
Market segment	Workstation	Workstation
Release date	13 August 2018 (4 years old)	3 August 2021 (1 year old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$2,299	$4,999
Current price	$3468 (1.5x MSRP)	$4200 (0.8x MSRP)

Technical specs

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	3072	3840
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1815 MHz	1975 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	230 Watt	400 Watt
Texture fill rate	348.5	474.0

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	Quad-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None

Memory

Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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	4x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt
HDMI	no data	+

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	7.5	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	13 August 2018	3 August 2021
Cost	$2299	$4999
Pipelines / CUDA cores	3072	3840
Memory bandwidth	448	512
Chip lithography	12 nm	7 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	230 Watt	400 Watt

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