XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT Speedster MERC 319 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

XFX Radeon RX 6900 XT Speedster MERC 319 $730
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 $399
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2365MHz
3584 Shaders
8GB HBM2
1471MHz
FP32
24.22 TFLOPS
FP32
10.54 TFLOPS
FP16
48.44 TFLOPS
FP16
21.09 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
350W
TDP
210W
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 173,555
57%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 170,855
95%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 119,870
58%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal 405
69%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
XFX
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 2
Architecture
GCN 5
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Family
Radeon RX Vega
Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XTX
Codename
Greenland
Vega 10
Variant
Vega 10 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
12/8/2020
Release Date
8/28/2017
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
520 mm²
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Die Size
486 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Count
12.5 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Transistor Density
25.72M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
224 TMUs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
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Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
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Compute Units
80 CUs
Compute Units
56 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1950MHz Base
2365MHz
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1156MHz Base
1471MHz
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FP16
48.44 TFLOPS
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FP16
21.09 TFLOPS
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FP32
24.22 TFLOPS
FP32
10.54 TFLOPS
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-
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FP64
1.51 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.66 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
302.72 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
94.144 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
756.8 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
329.504 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
4MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/s
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16GB
GDDR6
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8GB
HBM2
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Bus Width
256Bit
Bus Width
2048Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1.6GT/s
Bandwidth
409.6GB/s
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TDP
350W
TDP
210W
Temp
110°C Max
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2x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
1x USB-C + DP
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
Model
VCN 3.0
Model
VCE 4.0
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 7.0
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_1
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
9
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3x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
Height
139 mm (5.47 in)
Width
340 mm (13.39 in)
Depth
57 mm (2.24 in)
Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
280 mm (11.02 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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