Radeon Pro W6800X vs RX Vega 9

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 9 with Radeon Pro W6800X, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 9
2017
15 Watt
5.54

Pro W6800X outperforms RX Vega 9 by a whopping 628% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking604101
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data14.07
Power efficiency25.7414.06
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeNavi 21
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)3 August 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,799

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 cores5763840
Core clock speedno data1800 MHz
Boost clock speed1300 MHz2087 MHz
Number of transistorsno data26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rateno data500.9
Floating-point processing powerno data16.03 TFLOPS
ROPsno data96
TMUsno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data60

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).

Interfaceno dataApple MPX
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno dataQuad-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataApple MPX

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 data32 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data512.0 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 data1x HDMI 2.1, 4x Thunderbolt
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkan-1.3

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD16
−588%
110−120
+588%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data25.45

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−622%
65−70
+622%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−622%
65−70
+622%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−622%
260−270
+622%
Hitman 3 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−614%
250−260
+614%
Metro Exodus 21
−614%
150−160
+614%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−614%
350−400
+614%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−622%
65−70
+622%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−588%
110−120
+588%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−622%
260−270
+622%
Hitman 3 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−614%
250−260
+614%
Metro Exodus 16
−588%
110−120
+588%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−584%
130−140
+584%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−614%
350−400
+614%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−622%
65−70
+622%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−622%
260−270
+622%
Hitman 3 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−614%
250−260
+614%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−600%
140−150
+600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−588%
55−60
+588%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−614%
350−400
+614%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−627%
80−85
+627%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−622%
65−70
+622%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−567%
100−105
+567%
Hitman 3 10−11
−600%
70−75
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−622%
260−270
+622%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−600%
70−75
+600%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%
Hitman 3 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−608%
85−90
+608%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−600%
35−40
+600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−567%
40−45
+567%

This is how RX Vega 9 and Pro W6800X compete in popular games:

  • Pro W6800X is 588% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.54 40.33
Recency 26 October 2017 3 August 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 200 Watt

RX Vega 9 has 1233.3% lower power consumption.

Pro W6800X, on the other hand, has a 628% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro W6800X is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 9 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook card while Radeon Pro W6800X is a workstation one.


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