Radeon PRO W6500M vs Pro W6600X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking154not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation51.22no data
Power efficiency19.61no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 23Navi 24
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date3 August 2021 (3 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores20481024
Core clock speed2068 MHz1512 MHz
Boost clock speed2479 MHz2040 MHz
Number of transistors11,060 million5,400 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate317.3130.6
Floating-point processing power10.15 TFLOPS4.178 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs12864
Ray Tracing Cores3216

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 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x4
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth256.0 GB/s128.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.2
Vulkan1.31.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 25 Watt

Pro W6600X has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

PRO W6500M, on the other hand, has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 380% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro W6600X and Radeon PRO W6500M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro W6600X is a workstation card while Radeon PRO W6500M is a mobile workstation one.


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