2x Radeon Pro W6900X vs AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris

2x Radeon Pro W6900X $5,600
AMD Radeon Pro Duo Polaris $999
2x 5120 Shaders
64GB (2x 32GB) GDDR6
2171MHz
2x 2304 Shaders
32GB (2x 16GB) GDDR5
1243MHz
Peak AI Performance
88.92 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
11.46 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
44.46 TFLOPS
FP32
11.46 TFLOPS
FP16
88.92 TFLOPS
FP16
11.46 TFLOPS
Form Factor
MPX
2x 4.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
600W
TDP
250W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB6 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 OpenCL 120,660
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 CUDA N/A
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GB5 Metal 154,880
86%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal 865
147%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
88.92 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
11.46 TFLOPS
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FP16
88.92 TFLOPS
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FP16
11.46 TFLOPS
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FP32
44.46 TFLOPS
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FP32
11.46 TFLOPS
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FP64
2.78 TFLOPS
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FP64
720 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
277.888 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
39.776 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
694.72 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
159.104 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
GCN 4
Family
Radeon Pro W
Family
Radeon Pro
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XTA
Codename
Ellesmere
Polaris 10
Variant
Polaris 10 XT GL
Market Segment
Workstation
Market Segment
Workstation
Release Date
8/3/2021
Release Date
4/24/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
GlobalFoundries
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
14LPP
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Die Size
2x 520 mm²
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Die Size
2x 232 mm²
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Transistor Count
2x 26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
2x 5.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.57M/mm²
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Form
MPX
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2x 5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
2x 2304 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
2x 320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
2x 128 TMUs
Render Output Units
2x 128 ROPs
Render Output Units
2x 32 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
2x 80 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
2x 80 CUs
Compute Units
2x 36 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2x 4 GPCs
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1825MHz Base
2171MHz
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1243MHz
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
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16KB/CU
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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64GB (2x 32GB)
GDDR6
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32GB (2x 16GB)
GDDR5
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
7GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
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TDP
600W
TDP
250W
Temp
100°C Max
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2x HDMI 2.0
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8x Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps)
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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Max Resolution
6016x3384
Max Resolution
5120x2880
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
6
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCE 3.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 3.0
Model
UVD 6.3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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Shader Model
6.7
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GFX
8
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
4.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Infinity Fabric
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
305 mm (12.01 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
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