RTX 5000 Max-Q Ada Generation vs Radeon Pro W6800X Duo

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	158	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.83	no data
Power efficiency	6.76	no data
Architecture	RDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Navi 21	AD103
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	3 August 2021 (4 years ago)	21 March 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$4,999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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	3840 ×2	9728
Core clock speed	1800 MHz	930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1967 MHz	1680 MHz
Number of transistors	26,800 million	45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	472.1 ×2	510.7
Floating-point processing power	15.11 TFLOPS ×2	32.69 TFLOPS
ROPs	96 ×2	112
TMUs	240 ×2	304
Tensor Cores	no data	304
Ray Tracing Cores	60 ×2	76
L0 Cache	960 KB	no data
L1 Cache	768 KB	9.5 MB
L2 Cache	4 MB	64 MB
L3 Cache	128 MB	no data

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	Apple MPX	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	Quad-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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 ×2	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit ×2	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s ×2	576.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR	+	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 4x Thunderbolt	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 August 2021	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	400 Watt	120 Watt

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