AMD Radeon 8060S vs NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile Comparison

# AMD Radeon 8060S vs NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile

The AMD Radeon 8060S and NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile represent two distinct approaches to mobile graphics: one is a modern integrated solution built on a leading-edge process, while the other is a dedicated Ampere-era mobile GPU now at end-of-life. Benchmark data from Geekbench shows the Radeon 8060S winning both head-to-head comparisons by substantial margins, with an average benchmark score of 55,757 versus 47,743 for the RTX A1000 Mobile. The Radeon 8060S also holds a higher percentile ranking among all GPUs at 87th, compared to the RTX A1000 Mobile's 85th percentile.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two shared benchmarks are Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan, and in both cases the AMD Radeon 8060S delivers a decisive victory. In Geekbench OpenCL, the Radeon 8060S scores 84,626 against the RTX A1000 Mobile's 48,703, a delta of 73.8% in favor of AMD. This is not a narrow win; the AMD part outperforms the NVIDIA GPU by nearly three-quarters of its own score. In Geekbench Vulkan, the margin is similar: the Radeon 8060S posts 80,483 versus 46,782 for the RTX A1000 Mobile, a 72% advantage. Both results are consistent in magnitude, suggesting the performance gap holds across different graphics APIs rather than being an artifact of one particular workload.

The average benchmark scores reinforce this picture. The Radeon 8060S's average of 55,757 places it just 0.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (average 55,698) and 0.6% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (average 56,083). The RTX A1000 Mobile, by contrast, averages 47,743, which is 1.5% behind the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT (average 48,477) and 2.2% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6550M (average 46,702). In practical terms, the Radeon 8060S sits in a performance tier roughly 8,000 points higher than the RTX A1000 Mobile on average, a gap that dwarfs the margins between either GPU and its nearest rivals.

One additional benchmark, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, is available for the Radeon 8060S with a score of 2,162, but no comparable result exists for the RTX A1000 Mobile in the data pack. This omission itself is notable: the RTX A1000 Mobile lacks a DirectX 12 benchmark entry, though both GPUs support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 per their API specifications.

Where Each One Wins

The Radeon 8060S wins every benchmark where both GPUs have data. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 84,626 is 73.8% higher than the RTX A1000 Mobile's 48,703, indicating a commanding lead in compute-oriented OpenCL workloads. Its Geekbench Vulkan score of 80,483 similarly tops the RTX A1000 Mobile's 46,782 by 72%, showing that the advantage carries over to Vulkan-based rendering and compute tasks. For users running OpenCL or Vulkan applications, the Radeon 8060S is categorically faster.

The RTX A1000 Mobile does not win any benchmark in the head-to-head set; the data records 2 wins for the AMD part and 0 for NVIDIA. However, the RTX A1000 Mobile's position among its nearest rivals shows it is not a weak GPU in absolute terms. It outperforms the AMD Radeon RX 6550M by 2.2%, the Intel Arc A530M by 2.4%, and the AMD Radeon RX 5600M by 2.5% in average score. But relative to the Radeon 8060S, it is consistently behind by a wide margin.

The only scenario where the RTX A1000 Mobile might be preferred is in legacy or niche applications that rely on its specific feature set—such as its 64 tensor cores, which the Radeon 8060S lacks entirely. The data does not include tensor-core-specific benchmarks, so any such advantage cannot be quantified here. For all measured workloads, the Radeon 8060S is the clear winner.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs are built on fundamentally different architectures and process nodes. The AMD Radeon 8060S uses RDNA 3.5 architecture on a 4 nm TSMC process, with a die size of 308 mm². The NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile uses Ampere architecture on an 8 nm Samsung process, with a die size of 200 mm² and 8,700 million transistors, yielding a transistor density of 43.5M per mm². The Radeon 8060S's transistor count is listed as unknown, so a direct density comparison is not possible from the data.

The Radeon 8060S integrates 2,560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operation pipelines, alongside 40 ray tracing cores. The RTX A1000 Mobile has 2,048 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with 16 RT cores and 64 tensor cores. Notably, the Radeon 8060S has no tensor cores, while the RTX A1000 Mobile includes them, suggesting divergent design priorities: AMD focuses on raw shading and ray tracing throughput, while NVIDIA adds dedicated AI acceleration hardware.

Clock speeds differ substantially. The Radeon 8060S runs at a base clock of 1295 MHz and boosts to 2900 MHz. The RTX A1000 Mobile operates at a much lower 630 MHz base and 1140 MHz boost. This clock advantage, combined with more shading units and TMUs, explains the Radeon 8060S's large performance lead. The pixel rate of the Radeon 8060S is 185.6 GPixel/s and its texture rate is 464.0 GTexel/s, versus 36.48 GPixel/s and 72.96 GTexel/s for the RTX A1000 Mobile—a 5.1x difference in pixel throughput and a 6.4x difference in texture throughput.

Memory architecture is another major divergence. The Radeon 8060S uses system-shared memory, with size, type, bus width, and bandwidth all dependent on the host system. The RTX A1000 Mobile has dedicated 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, with 176.0 GB/s bandwidth and an effective clock of 11 Gbps. The Radeon 8060S's memory performance is therefore variable and system-dependent, whereas the RTX A1000 Mobile offers fixed, predictable bandwidth.

Specification Differences

The Radeon 8060S and RTX A1000 Mobile differ across nearly every specification field. The Radeon 8060S is built on a 4 nm process by TSMC, while the RTX A1000 Mobile uses an 8 nm process by Samsung. The Radeon 8060S has a die size of 308 mm²; the RTX A1000 Mobile's die is 200 mm². Transistor count is unknown for the Radeon 8060S, but the RTX A1000 Mobile has 8,700 million transistors with a density of 43.5M per mm².

Shader resources are higher on the Radeon 8060S: 2,560 shading units versus 2,048, 160 TMUs versus 64, and 64 ROPs versus 32. Ray tracing cores number 40 on the AMD part and 16 on the NVIDIA part. The RTX A1000 Mobile has 64 tensor cores, while the Radeon 8060S has none. Clock speeds favor AMD with a 1295 MHz base and 2900 MHz boost, compared to 630 MHz base and 1140 MHz boost on the NVIDIA GPU. Pixel rate is 185.6 GPixel/s on the Radeon 8060S versus 36.48 GPixel/s on the RTX A1000 Mobile; texture rate is 464.0 GTexel/s versus 72.96 GTexel/s; FP32 compute is 14.85 TFLOPS versus 4.669 TFLOPS; and FP16 is 14.85 TFLOPS (1:1) on both, but the Radeon 8060S's number is triple that of the RTX A1000 Mobile's 4.669 TFLOPS.

Power draw is similar: the Radeon 8060S is rated at 55 W, the RTX A1000 Mobile at 60 W. Both are integrated GPUs (IGP) with no power connectors and portable-device-dependent display outputs. The bus interface differs: the Radeon 8060S uses PCIe 5.0 x16, while the RTX A1000 Mobile uses PCIe 4.0 x8. Production status also differs—the Radeon 8060S is active, while the RTX A1000 Mobile is end-of-life. The release dates are 2025-01-05 for the AMD part and 2022-03-29 for the NVIDIA part.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon 8060S has an average benchmark score of 55,757, compared to 47,743 for the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile, a difference of roughly 8,000 points.

Q: How much faster is the Radeon 8060S in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The Radeon 8060S scores 84,626 in Geekbench OpenCL versus 48,703 for the RTX A1000 Mobile, which is a 73.8% advantage for AMD.

Q: What is the performance gap in Geekbench Vulkan?

A: In Geekbench Vulkan, the Radeon 8060S scores 80,483 and the RTX A1000 Mobile scores 46,782, giving AMD a 72% lead.

Q: Does the RTX A1000 Mobile have any benchmark win over the Radeon 8060S?

A: No. The head-to-head data shows 2 wins for the AMD Radeon 8060S and 0 wins for the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile across the shared benchmarks.

Q: How do the two GPUs compare in terms of process node and die size?

A: The Radeon 8060S is built on a 4 nm TSMC process with a 308 mm² die, while the RTX A1000 Mobile uses an 8 nm Samsung process with a 200 mm² die and 8,700 million transistors.

Q: Which GPU has more ray tracing cores?

A: The AMD Radeon 8060S has 40 ray tracing cores, while the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile has 16. The RTX A1000 Mobile does have 64 tensor cores, which the Radeon 8060S lacks.