Radeon Pro W6800X Duo vs Pro W6800
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 50 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 24.00 | no data |
| Architecture | Navi / RDNA2 (2020−2022) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2023) |
| GPU code name | Navi 21 | Navi 21 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 8 June 2021 (3 years ago) | 3 August 2021 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2,249 | $4,999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 3840 |
| Core clock speed | 2075 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2320 MHz | 1967 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 26,800 million | 26,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 400 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 556.8 | 472.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 17.82 gflops | no data |
| ROPs | 96 | 96 |
| TMUs | 240 | 240 |
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 | Apple MPX |
| Length | 267 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 16000 MHz | 16 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 512.0 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 Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 2.1, 4x Thunderbolt |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 June 2021 | 3 August 2021 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 400 Watt |
Pro W6800 has 60% lower power consumption.
Pro W6800X Duo, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 month.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro W6800 and Radeon Pro W6800X Duo. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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