Radeon Pro W6900X vs AMD Radeon PRO W5500

Radeon Pro W6900X $6,000
AMD Radeon PRO W5500 $399
5120 Shaders
32GB GDDR6
2171MHz
1408 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1855MHz
Peak AI Performance
44.46 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
10.45 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
22.23 TFLOPS
FP32
5.22 TFLOPS
FP16
44.46 TFLOPS
FP16
10.45 TFLOPS
Form Factor
MPX
4.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
300W
TDP
125W
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
GB5 OpenCL 120,660
40%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 154,880
86%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal 435
74%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
44.46 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
10.45 TFLOPS
FP16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
FP16
44.46 TFLOPS
-
-
-
-
FP16
10.45 TFLOPS
-
-
-
-
FP32
22.23 TFLOPS
-
-
FP32
5.22 TFLOPS
-
-
FP64
1.39 TFLOPS
-
FP64
330 GFLOPS
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pixel Fillrate
277.888 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
59.36 GPixel/s
-
-
-
-
Texture Fillrate
694.72 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
163.24 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
RDNA 1
Family
Radeon Pro W
Family
Radeon PRO W
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XTA
Codename
Fighter
Navi 14
Variant
Navi 14 XL GL
Market Segment
Workstation
Market Segment
Workstation
Release Date
8/3/2021
Release Date
2/10/2020
Foundry
TSMC
-
Foundry
TSMC
-
Fabrication Node
N7
-
Fabrication Node
N7
-
Die Size
520 mm²
-
Die Size
158 mm²
-
Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
-
Transistor Count
6.4 Billion
-
Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
-
Transistor Density
40.51M/mm²
-
Form
MPX
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
-
Shading Units
1408 Shaders
-
Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
88 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
-
-
-
-
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
-
-
-
-
-
-
Compute Units
80 CUs
Compute Units
22 CUs
-
-
-
-
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
-
-
-
-
1825MHz Base
2171MHz
-
-
1744MHz Base
1855MHz
L0
32KB/WGP
L0
32KB/WGP
L1
-
-
-
128KB/Array
L1
-
-
-
128KB/Array
L2
4MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
-
-
-
32GB
GDDR6
-
8GB
GDDR6
-
Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
TDP
300W
TDP
125W
Temp
100°C Max
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1x HDMI 2.0
-
-
4x Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4x DisplayPort 1.3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Max Resolution
6016x3384
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
6
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCN 2.0
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
-
-
Codec
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
-
-
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCN 2.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
-
VP9
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
AV1
-
-
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
-
VP9
-
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
-
-
-
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
-
-
GFX
10.3
-
-
-
-
Shader Model
6.5
-
-
GFX
10.1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1x Fan
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Slots Required
4.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Infinity Fabric
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
-
-
-
-
-
-
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
37 mm (1.46 in)
Change Comparison