Radeon Pro W6900X vs Pro VII
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro VII and Radeon Pro W6900X, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Pro W6900X outperforms Pro VII by a substantial 34% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 171 | 85 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 17.25 | 8.33 |
| Power efficiency | 9.20 | 10.24 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.1 (2018−2022) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega 20 | Navi 21 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 13 May 2020 (4 years ago) | 3 August 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,899 | $4,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Pro VII has 107% better value for money than Pro W6900X.
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 | 3840 | 5120 |
| Core clock speed | 1400 MHz | 1825 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1700 MHz | 2150 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 13,230 million | 26,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 408.0 | 688.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 13.06 TFLOPS | 22.02 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 128 |
| TMUs | 240 | 320 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 80 |
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 x16 |
| Length | 305 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 2-slot | Quad-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 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 | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1024 GB/s | 512.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI, 4x Thunderbolt |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 31.41 | 41.94 |
| Recency | 13 May 2020 | 3 August 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 300 Watt |
Pro VII has 20% lower power consumption.
Pro W6900X, on the other hand, has a 33.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The Radeon Pro W6900X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro VII in performance tests.
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