Radeon Pro W6600 vs Pro Vega 64X
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon Pro Vega 64X with Radeon Pro W6600, including specs and performance data.
Pro W6600 outperforms Pro Vega 64X by a moderate 15% 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 | 173 | 135 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 73.82 |
| Power efficiency | 9.49 | 27.28 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | Navi 23 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 19 March 2019 (6 years ago) | 8 June 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $649 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 4096 | 1792 |
| Core clock speed | 1250 MHz | 2331 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1468 MHz | 2903 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 11,060 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 375.8 | 325.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.03 TFLOPS | 10.4 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| TMUs | 256 | 112 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 28 |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 241 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 6-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 type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 224.0 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 | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12.0 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 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 | 33.50 | 38.54 |
| Recency | 19 March 2019 | 8 June 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 100 Watt |
Pro Vega 64X has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Pro W6600, on the other hand, has a 15% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.
The Radeon Pro W6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro Vega 64X in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 64X is a mobile workstation card while Radeon Pro W6600 is a workstation one.
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