AMD’s new Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot professional graphics card (GPU) is a powerhouse and the ultimate performance option from AMD’s W7000 series, AMD RDNA 3 Architecture-based, professional graphics card line-up.
Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot
The W7900 Dual Slot graphics card differs from the regular Radeon PRO W7900, which is a triple slot unit. The W7000 series cards are the world’s first pro workstation graphics built with chiplet technology, something AMD has innovated in partnership with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Built on TSMC’s 5nm GCD with 6nm MCD combo chiplet strategy, this GPU is a multi-chipset module (MCM) implementation versus what the industry would refer to as a monolithic implementation. For those that are interested they can learn more about this here.
This AMD Radeon PRO W7900 graphics card is AMD’s most powerful performer and offers higher TFLOPs per dollar than NVIDA’s Ada generation.
Key stats for the new AMD Radeon PRO W900 Dual Slot Card include:
- GPU Architecture = AMD RDNA 3
- Process = 5nm and 6nm, multi-chipset design
- Transistor Count = 57.7 billion
- 122.62 TFLOPs (FP166 / peak half precision)
- Compute Units = 96
- Ray Accelerators = 96
- AI Accelerators = 192
- Stream Processors = 6144
- 48 GB memory (GDDR6), ECC = yes
- Memory Interface = 384 bit
- Peak Memory Bandwidth = 864 GB/s
The graphics card also features 96 MB AMD Infinity Cache Technology. Display outputs include 3x DisplayPort 2.1 and 1x Enhanced Mini DisplayPort 2.1. HDR support up to 12K.
Advanced ray tracing with its built-in ray accelerators (all 96 of them).
Software OS API support includes Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 2.1 and Vulkan 1.3, support. Supported technologies include AMD Viewport Boost, AMD Remote Workstation, AMD Radeon Media Engine, AMD Software PRO Edition, AMD Radeon VR Ready Creator, and AMD Radeon ProRender.
Architosh Analysis and Commentary
The AMD Radeon PRO W7900 Dual Slot is the most powerful professional AMD workstation GPU you can obtain. It offers 61.3 TFLOPs single. The triple-slot version retails for USD 3,999. That works out to USD 65.23 per TFLOP. The NVIDIA Ada RTX 6000 graphics card retails for USD 6,800. It delivers 91.1 TFLOPs single precision performance, more than the Radeon PRO W7900. However, on a cost-per-performance basis, it works out to USD 74.64 per TFLOP. So, on a performance basis, the AMD is more economical as NVIDIA’s top-of-the-line professional GPU is about 14 percent more expensive on a cost-per-TFLOP basis.
AMD has brought its industry-leading innovations in chiplet technology to its professional graphics GPUs.
For further comparison, the just-cited Ada RTX 6000 also features 48GB of memory. The memory is naturally ECC, as well. It also features 4x DisplayPort technology but version 1.4. In terms of ray tracing, the Ada GPU contains 142 RT cores compared to the 96 ray accelerators for the AMD card; this is 47 percent more ray tracing cores for 70 percent more cost. To learn more about the new AMD Radeon PRO W7900 graphics card, go here.
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