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Apple, AMD launch Mac Pro GPU modules for RX 6000 Pro series

Posted on 23.07.2022By MobiletechNo Comments on Apple, AMD launch Mac Pro GPU modules for RX 6000 Pro series
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As of Tuesday, Apple has begun to replace the top-end Vega 2 Pro MPX Module GPU options with the newer-generation RDNA2-based Radeon Pro RX W6000X series for Mac Pros, which now lets you configure a system with up to four GPUs. Existing customers will still be able to buy Radeon Pro Vega 2 and Radeon Pro Vega 2 Duo modules, and new configuration options still include the creaky Radeon Pro 580X and the last-gen W5000X Pro series.

The RX 6800 and 6900 architectures are optimized for working with high-resolution assets and promise a solid speed boost for the Mac Pro in real-time rendering, interactive 3D responsiveness, video editing and more. Apple says there’s a performance bump of up to 84% in Octane X, up to a 26% higher frame rate in 3D interaction in Cinema 4D and up to 23% speedier performance in DaVinci Resolve. Presumably, those are increases over the old Pro Vega 2 modules, and make sense given the generational speed increases we typically see in GPUs.

The modules are based around a similar (but not identical) GPU to the W6000 Pro series designed for PCs and have the same basic silicon — the same 80 or 60 compute units (with 64 stream cores each), 128GB Infinity cache per GPU, same 256-bit memory interface and so on. They also use the same veteran Infinity Fabric that bypasses the PCI bus for GPU-to-GPU communication, a big deal for the Duo, and have substantial on-chip cache, which is necessary for managing the bulkier data associated with pro creative workflows. 

Radeon Pro 6000 series module specs

AMD Radeon Pro W6900X AMD Radeon Pro W6800X AMD Radeon Pro W6800X Duo
Compute units 80 60 120 (total)
Stream processors 5,120 3,840 7,680 (total)
Memory interface 256-bit 256-bit 256-bit (per GPU)
FP32 TFLOPS Up to 22 Up to 16 Up to 30.2
Infinity cache 128MB 128MB 256MB (total)
Total graphics power 300W 300W 400W
GDDR6 memory 32GB 32GB 64GB (total)
Price $5,600 for single, $11,600 for duo $2,400 $5,200 for Duo, $9,600 for dual Duos

They’ve got twice the memory of the consumer products, though, which makes a big performance difference. It also accounts for a chunk of the high price: GDDR6 is expensive and likely to get more so thanks to ongoing chip shortages. (Apple says its systems are “assembled in the US,” though that doesn’t insulate it from component shortages.) Plus the special sauce Apple mixes in. But they cost the same as the modules they replace, so no price shocks there.

The modules still include four Thunderbolt 3 ports and an HDMI 2 connection from the GPU. The latter is odd, since you’d have expected Apple to switch to HDMI 2.1, especially since other cards using the GPU already support it. 

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