AMD Radeon PRO V710 vs NVIDIA RTX A2000 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a clear split between these two workstation cards, with each dominating a different type of workload. In the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, the NVIDIA RTX A2000 posts a score of 1345, which is 36.6% higher than the AMD Radeon PRO V710's 853 in the same test. That is a substantial margin in a modern DirectX 12 gaming-oriented benchmark, indicating the NVIDIA card handles geometry-heavy scenes and modern rendering pipelines with significantly more headroom.

The tables turn completely in the Geekbench OpenCL compute test. Here the AMD Radeon PRO V710 scores 116460, a 72% advantage over the NVIDIA RTX A2000's 67695. This is a massive delta in raw compute throughput, suggesting the AMD card is far better suited for general-purpose GPU compute workloads that scale with raw shader output and memory bandwidth. The 72% gap is more than double the margin NVIDIA holds in the 3DMark test, so the overall picture is one of specialization: NVIDIA leads in 3D rendering performance, while AMD leads in compute throughput.

Looking at the average benchmark scores, the AMD Radeon PRO V710 records 58657 across its benchmark suite, placing it in the 88th percentile of all GPUs. The NVIDIA RTX A2000 averages 46043, placing it in the 85th percentile. The AMD card sits 27.4% above its nearest rival, the NVIDIA P102-100, which averages 58528. NVIDIA's RTX A2000 sits 0.2% below the RTX 5880 Ada Generation in its own rival list, a negligible gap that places it in a tight pack of similarly scoring cards.

The 3DMark Steel Nomad result for the AMD card places it near a cluster of competitors: it is 0.2% ahead of the NVIDIA P102-100, 0.5% ahead of the AMD RX 6950 XT, 0.7% ahead of the Intel Arc A570M, and 1% ahead of the RX 5600 OEM. The NVIDIA card's 3DMark score places it 0.2% ahead of the RTX 5880 Ada Generation, 1% ahead of the Intel Arc A730M, while sitting 1.2% behind both the RX 5600M and the Intel Arc A530M.

The Verdict

The data points to two different buyers. If your work revolves around 3D modeling, visualization, or any workflow that relies on the 3DMark Steel Nomad class of rendering performance, the NVIDIA RTX A2000 is the stronger pick. Its 36.6% lead in that benchmark is decisive and unambiguous. The RTX A2000 also carries 104 tensor cores, a feature the AMD card lacks entirely, which matters for AI-adjacent tasks that can leverage those cores.

If your workloads are compute-bound, such as simulation runs, rendering farms, or OpenCL-heavy pipelines, the AMD Radeon PRO V710's 72% advantage in Geekbench OpenCL makes the choice obvious. The AMD card also offers 28 GB of GDDR6 memory compared to 6 GB on the NVIDIA, a difference that matters for large datasets that need to stay resident in VRAM. The AMD card is also the newer release by a margin of about three years in the database, launching in 2024-10-02 versus 2021-08-09 for the NVIDIA RTX A2000. NVIDIA has marked the RTX A2000 as end-of-life, while the AMD card's production status is not listed as discontinued.

The 88th percentile ranking for the AMD Radeon PRO V710 versus 85th percentile for the NVIDIA RTX A2000 indicates the AMD card outperforms a slightly larger share of the overall GPU population in the database's aggregated scoring.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon PRO V710 wins in compute-heavy environments. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 116460 versus 67695 shows it is the clear compute leader, and that 72% gap is the largest recorded difference in the head-to-head comparison. The AMD card also has 3456 shading units versus 216 TMUs and 96 ROPs, which directly feeds its pixel rate of 192.0 GPixel/s and texture rate of 432.0 GTexel/s. The FP32 throughput of 27.65 TFLOPS, with FP16 at 27.65 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio, dwarfs the NVIDIA card's FP32 output of 7.0 TFLOPS. Memory bandwidth is also a win for AMD: 504.0 GB/s versus 288.0 GB/s, backed by a 224-bit bus width compared to a bus width of 192 bits.

The NVIDIA RTX A2000 wins in 3D rendering scenarios. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1345 versus 853 is a clear win for NVIDIA, with a 36.6% delta. The RTX 26 RT cores on the NVIDIA card versus 54 RT cores on the AMD card, combined with its 104 tensor cores versus zero, shows NVIDIA's advantage in ray-traced workloads. The NVIDIA card draws less power at 70 W, which is much lower than the AMD card's 158 W TDP and requires no additional power connectors, only a 250 W suggested PSU rating. The RTX A2000 also has display outputs (4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a), while the AMD Radeon PRO V710 has no display outputs at all. NVIDIA's 12 GB GDDR6 is smaller, but its 12 Gbps effective memory clock is lower than AMD's 18 Gbps effective memory clock.

The AMD card's 5 nm process node is smaller than NVIDIA's 8 nm node, with a transistor count of 28,100 million on a die size of 346 mm² versus 12,000 million on 276 mm². Transistor density on AMD's side is 81.2M / mm² versus 43.5M / mm² for NVIDIA's density. The AMD card uses a single-slot design and a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, as does the NVIDIA card, but the NVIDIA card is dual-slot and also uses PCIe 4.0 x16.

The AMD card is built on RDNA 3.0 architecture with codename Wheat Nas; NVIDIA's Ampere architecture has no codename listed. The AMD generation is Radeon Pro Navi (Navi III Series); NVIDIA's generation is Workstation Ampere (Ax000). The AMD chip is Navi 32, NVIDIA's is GA106.

FAQ

Q: Which card wins in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A2000 wins with a score of 1345, which is 36.6% higher than the AMD Radeon PRO V710's 853 in the same test.

Q: Which card is faster in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO V710 scores 116460, which is 72% higher than the NVIDIA RTX A2000's 67695.

Q: Does the NVIDIA RTX A2000 support tensor core workloads?

A: Yes, the NVIDIA RTX A2000 includes 104 tensor cores, while the AMD Radeon PRO V710 lists no tensor cores.

Q: How much memory does each card have?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO V710 has 28 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 224-bit bus, while the NVIDIA RTX A2000 has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus.

Q: Which card is newer?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO V710 was released on 2024-10-02, while the NVIDIA RTX A2000 was released on 2021-08-09, making the AMD card newer by roughly three years.

Q: Which card has a higher percentile ranking?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO V710 ranks in the 88th percentile of all GPUs, while the NVIDIA RTX A2000 ranks in the 85th percentile.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon PRO V710 is built on the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 32 chip, using a 5 nm process at TSMC. The NVIDIA RTX A2000 uses the Ampere architecture with the GA106 chip, fabricated on an 8 nm process at Samsung. The AMD chip packs 28,100 million transistors onto a 346 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 81.2M / mm². The NVIDIA chip has 12,000 million transistors on a 276 mm² die, for a density of 43.5M / mm². The AMD card's smaller node allows more than double the transistor count in a larger but still manageable die footprint, which explains its higher compute throughput.

The AMD card has 3456 shading units, 216 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs, with 54 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The NVIDIA card has 3328 shading units, 104 TMUs, and 48 ROPs, with 26 ray tracing cores and 104 tensor cores. The AMD card has more shading units and ROPs, while the NVIDIA card has the tensor core advantage. The AMD card's RDNA 3.0 architecture uses a 1:1 FP16 to FP32 ratio, and so does the NVIDIA Ampere card, but the AMD card's FP32 throughput of 27.65 TFLOPS is far higher than NVIDIA's 7.0 TFLOPS.

Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The AMD card has no display outputs, while the NVIDIA card has 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The AMD card has a single-slot design, the NVIDIA card is dual-slot. The AMD card requires a 1x 8-pin power connector and a 450 W suggested PSU, while the NVIDIA card requires no power connectors and only a 250 W suggested PSU. The AMD card has a 158 W TDP, the NVIDIA card has a 70 W TDP.

The AMD card's predecessor is the Radeon Pro Vega, while NVIDIA's predecessor is the Quadro Turing. NVIDIA's successor to the RTX A2000 is the Workstation Ada, while the AMD card has no successor listed. The AMD card's codename is Wheat Nas, and its generation is Radeon Pro Navi (Navi III Series); NVIDIA's generation is Workstation Ampere (Ax000.

The launch MSRP of the NVIDIA RTX A2000 is 449 USD.

Specification Differences

The AMD Radeon PRO V710 has a base clock of 1900 MHz and a boost clock of 2000 MHz, with a memory clock of 2250 MHz at 18 Gbps effective. The NVIDIA RTX A2000 has a base clock of 562 MHz and a boost clock of 1200 MHz, with a memory clock of 1500 MHz at 12 Gbps effective. The AMD card's memory size is 28 GB, the NVIDIA card's is 6 GB. The AMD card's memory bus width is 224 bit, NVIDIA's is 192 bit. The AMD card's bandwidth is 504.0 GB/s, NVIDIA's is 288.0 GB/s.

The AMD card's pixel rate is 192.0 GPixel/s, NVIDIA's is 57. The AMD card's texture rate is 432.0 GTexel/s, NVIDIA's is 124.8 GTexel/s. The AMD card's FP32 is 27.65 TFLOPS, NVIDIA's is 7.0 TFLOPS. The AMD card's FP16 is 27.65 TFLOPS, NVIDIA's is 7.0 TFLOPS. The AMD card's TDP is 158 W, NVIDIA's is 70 W. The AMD card's slot width is single-slot, NVIDIA's is dual-slot. The AMD card's power connectors are 1x 8-pin, NVIDIA's are none. The AMD card's suggested PSU is 450 W, NVIDIA's is 250 W. The AMD card's display outputs are none, NVIDIA's are 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a. The AMD card's dimensions are not listed, NVIDIA's are 167 mm (6.6 inches) in length and 69 mm (2.7 inches) in height. The AMD card's production status is not listed, NVIDIA's is end-of-life. The AMD card's release date is 2024-10-02, NVIDIA's is 2021-08-09. The AMD card's predecessor is Radeon Pro Vega, NVIDIA's is Quadro Turing. The AMD card's successor is not listed, NVIDIA's is Workstation Ada. The AMD card's launch MSRP is not listed, NVIDIA's is 449 USD.