AMD has announced a new lineup of graphics but not for you and me, the gamers, but for the professionals, dubbed the Radeon PRO W6000 series.
Based on the RDNA 2 architecture, it is created for the dedicated use of architectural design workloads, ultra-high resolution media projects, complex design, and engineering simulations, as well as advanced image and video editing applications with utmost performance and efficiency for both computing and its costs. 3 models have been announced for the initial launch: The best-in-class Radeon PRO W6800 and the casual Radeon PRO W6600 together with its mobile counterpart Radeon PRO W6600M. That’s right, professionals of both indoors like studios and outdoors such as remote workers will get to utilize these powerful GPUs to make their working lives better. And no, you don’t really want to game on these in case you’re curious.
Here’s a quick specification summary for all 3 models.
| Â | Radeon PRO W6800 | Radeon PRO W6600 | Radeon PRO W6600M |
Compute Units | 60 | 28 | |
Stream Processors | 3840 | 1792 | |
Ray Accelerators | 60 | 28 | |
VRAM | 32GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | |
TGP | 250W | 100W | 90W |
PCIe Standards | 4.0×16 | ||
Availability
The Radeon PRO W6800 can now be sourced from global e-commerce websites as well as retailers at the price of USD2,249 (~RM9,263.53) while the Radeon PRO W6600 is expected for a Q3 release with a USD649 (~RM2,673.20) price tag. Meanwhile, HP will be the first brand to run the Radeon PRO W6600M inside its Fury Zbook G8 Mobile Workstation notebook which will be made available in selected countries starting next month.
