Data Center GPU Flex 170 vs Radeon Pro W6800

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking53not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation23.63no data
Power efficiency14.10no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameNavi 21DG2-512
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date8 June 2021 (3 years ago)24 August 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,249 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 cores38404096
Core clock speed2075 MHz1950 MHz
Boost clock speed2320 MHz2050 MHz
Number of transistors26,800 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate556.8524.8
Floating-point processing power17.82 TFLOPS16.79 TFLOPS
ROPs96128
TMUs240256
Ray Tracing Cores6032

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.21.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 June 2021 24 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 150 Watt

Pro W6800 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Data Center GPU Flex 170, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro W6800 and Data Center GPU Flex 170. We've got no test results to judge.


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