Switch 2 GPU vs Radeon Pro W6800X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking134not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation6.58no data
Power efficiency14.00no data
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2025)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameNavi 21GA10B
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date3 August 2021 (3 years ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,799 $449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores38401536
Core clock speed1800 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed2087 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors26,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate500.967.20
Floating-point processing power16.03 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs9616
TMUs24048
Tensor Coresno data48
Ray Tracing Cores6012

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).

InterfaceApple MPXno data
Length267 mm272 mm
WidthQuad-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsApple MPXno data

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount32 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s102.4 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 4x ThunderboltNo outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 August 2021 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 40 Watt

Pro W6800X has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro W6800X and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro W6800X is a workstation graphics card while Switch 2 GPU is a desktop one.

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