The AMD PRO W7000 series boasts advanced chiplet design to support real-world multi-tasking performance, as well as offers the new AMD Radiance Display Engine featuring DisplayPort 2.1; cards are also certified for leading professional applications delivering performance and stability.
AMD announced its latest AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series workstation graphics cards built on the high-performance, energy-efficient AMD RDNA 3 architecture -- the AMD Radeon PRO W7900 and AMD Radeon PRO W7800 graphics cards. In addition, the graphic cards are the first to feature the advanced AMD chiplet design and support DisplayPort 2.1.
The AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series graphics cards are AMD’s most powerful professional graphic cards to date, while the AMD Radeon PRO W7900 delivers up to 1.5X faster geomean performance than the previous generation.
"We are always happy to work with AMD on improving Blender performance,” said Ton Roosendaal, Chairman Blender Foundation, Blender. “They have been one of the most loyal contributors to Blender for many years. We look forward getting our hands on the upcoming AMD workstation graphics cards, which promise stunning viewport drawing speed and much increased Cycles Render Engine performance using HIP."
Key features include:
- AMD RDNA 3 Architecture and Chiplet Design – Provides higher performance and greater efficiency than RDNA 2 architecture. New AMD RDNA 3 compute units share resources between rendering, AI, and raytracing to offer approximately 50% more raytracing performance per compute unit than the previous generation.
- Dedicated AI Acceleration and Second-Generation Raytracing – New AI instructions and increased AI throughput deliver over 2X more performance than the previous AMD RDNA 2 architecture, while second-generation raytracing technology delivers significantly higher performance than the previous generation.
- AMD Radiance Display Engine with DisplayPort 2.1 Support – The highest resolutions and over 68 billion colors are supported. In addition, it features higher refresh rate displays compared to AMD RDNA 2 architecture and competitive offerings—display outputs support next-generation displays and multi-monitor configurations options.
- Certified for Leading Professional Applications – AMD works with leading professional software application vendors to ensure AMD Radeon PRO graphics cards are built for demanding environments and tested to meet exceptional standards, delivering the ideal balance of performance and stability. A list of certified applications is available on the AMD website.
“AMD is a leader in the workstation graphics arena, and their Radeon PRO workstation cards have been instrumental as the post-production industry craves speed,” shared Boris FX chief marketing officer Brian Fox. “With HIP, Sapphire visual effects render lightning fast on AMD Radeon PRO GPUs. We look forward to the new AMD Radeon PRO W7000 family to enable new entertaining creations.”
Maxon CEO David McGavran added, “Improving the user experience and increasing productivity is always at the forefront of our development efforts. Capitalizing on AMD’s workstation graphics performance capabilities is crucial in achieving that goal. This development is another significant step towards our ultimate goal of making Redshift accessible to the creative community on every DCC application and every hardware configuration.”
The AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series graphics cards are expected to be available starting Q2, 2023. The AMD Radeon PRO W7900 features an SEP of $3,999 USD, while the AMD Radeon PRO W7800 features an SEP of $2,499 USD. Product availability in OEM and SI systems is expected in 2H 2023.
The AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series workstation graphics cards will also be displayed from April 16-19 in booth #N2158 (North Hall) at The NAB Show 2023, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Source: AMD
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