Radeon Pro W6600 vs R5 (Carrizo)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Carrizo) with Radeon Pro W6600, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.84

Pro W6600 outperforms R5 (Carrizo) by a whopping 2097% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking91298
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data70.30
Power efficiency3.6427.99
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCarrizoNavi 23
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date4 June 2015 (9 years ago)8 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores2561792
Core clock speedno data2331 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz2903 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million11,060 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data325.1
Floating-point processing powerno data10.4 TFLOPS
ROPsno data64
TMUsno data112
Ray Tracing Coresno data28

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 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 Connectorsno data4x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12.0 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.5
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2043%
150−160
+2043%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1900%
100−105
+1900%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2067%
65−70
+2067%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1900%
100−105
+1900%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−2043%
150−160
+2043%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2067%
130−140
+2067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1959%
350−400
+1959%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2011%
190−200
+2011%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2043%
750−800
+2043%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2043%
150−160
+2043%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1900%
100−105
+1900%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2067%
65−70
+2067%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1900%
100−105
+1900%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−2043%
150−160
+2043%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2067%
130−140
+2067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1959%
350−400
+1959%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2011%
190−200
+2011%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−2067%
260−270
+2067%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2043%
750−800
+2043%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−2043%
150−160
+2043%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1900%
100−105
+1900%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−2067%
65−70
+2067%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−2043%
150−160
+2043%
Hitman 3 6−7
−2067%
130−140
+2067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1959%
350−400
+1959%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−2011%
190−200
+2011%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−2067%
260−270
+2067%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−2043%
750−800
+2043%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−1900%
40−45
+1900%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−2067%
65−70
+2067%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1900%
40−45
+1900%
Hitman 3 7−8
−2043%
150−160
+2043%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1900%
100−105
+1900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−2000%
210−220
+2000%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−1900%
100−105
+1900%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1900%
40−45
+1900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2000%
21−24
+2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−2067%
65−70
+2067%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.84 40.42
Recency 4 June 2015 8 June 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 100 Watt

R5 (Carrizo) has 733.3% lower power consumption.

Pro W6600, on the other hand, has a 2096.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro W6600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Carrizo) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while Radeon Pro W6600 is a workstation one.


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