Apple reveals AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 and Vega 64 specs

Posted on Tuesday, June 06 2017 @ 13:45 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

So last night Apple teased a bunch of products including a new iMac Pro, a 10.5" iPad Pro and a HomePod speaker with Siri. I'm getting a bit more selective about the news I'm posting on DV Hardware so I will no longer cover these general Apple announcements in detail as it's usually just more of the same.

What did peak my excitement is that Apple revealed the specifications of two Vega-based video cards. The new iMac Pro will come with Radeon Pro Vega 56 and Radeon Pro Vega 64 GPU options.

The Radeon Pro Vega 56 has 8GB HBM2 while the Radeon Pro Vega 64 doubles the memory to 16GB HBM2. Presumably, the numbers refer to the CU count.

The slide also reveals the Radeon Pro Vega offers 400GB/s memory bandwidth and 11 teraflops single-precision and 22 teraflops half-precision computing power.

Apple says the iMac Pro starts shipping in December.

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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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