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Two WX5700s should outpace a single Vega 2. But we don't know if they share an Infinity Fabric link yet. And it would require software to support dual GPUs.
The plain one ( W5700 ) doesn't support it so why would the minor spec bump 'X' model W5700X ?
It is probably the same card with just more VRAM and maybe a minor clock bump.
My guess as to how this will go: WX5700 is going to be the card of choice for graphics. Vega 2 is going to be the card of choice for compute.
And Apple hoping that folks might want to do both. Vega II for compute and add in a W5700X to drive the monitors. ( some CAD workloads that may work out pretty well. Some batch job render running while look at result of previous batch job results. )
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Or even another thought... getting another Radeon VII for like $500-$600. Then putting those 2 GPUs into the machine for more power and almost $2K less than the single Radeon Pro Vega II. Double Hmmm.
Which is probably a contributing reason to why AMD stop making Radeon VII several months ago.
(that and don't have enough 7nm wafers to do it and the rest of the high demand 7nm products anyway. )
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Guys - I am close to pull the trigger on the single Vega II, though I'm a bit shocked by the 2800 € price.
About the WX5700 - do you think maybe two of those will be cheaper and more effective than a single Vega II?? Should I wait? :/ How annoying that they announce those without timing and pricing..
LOL. Apple announced timing.... their par for the course for 2017-2019 nebulous timing but
"
Coming soon:
- Radeon Pro W5700X with 16GB of GDDR6 memory
- Two Radeon Pro W5700X with 16GB of GDDR6 memory each "
So 'soon'. Which is probably before end of Fall 2020.
[ actually probably before NAB 2020 too. ]
If if just a derivative board of the W5700 with 8GB of VRAM added then it probably shouldn't take more than 2-3 months at the longest. ( I'd say about 2-4 weeks after the W5700 start flowing regularly. )
However, for Adobe apps I don't think the "duo combo" is going to buy much in that time period at all.