AMD Radeon PRO V710 vs NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile Comparison

The AMD Radeon PRO V710 and the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile represent two very different interpretations of a professional GPU, separated by over three years of architectural evolution and targeting opposite ends of the physical spectrum. The data shows a single direct benchmark comparison, but the specifications paint a clear picture of a mobile efficiency part from 2021 facing a workstation-class desktop accelerator from 2024, with the Radeon PRO V710 delivering significantly higher raw compute and memory resources at the cost of dramatically higher power consumption.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only direct benchmark comparison available in the dataset is the Geekbench OpenCL test, and it delivers a decisive verdict. The AMD Radeon PRO V710 scores 116,460 points, while the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile manages 79,091 points. This translates to a 32.1% delta in favor of the AMD card, meaning the Radeon PRO V710 is roughly a third faster than the RTX A3000 Mobile in this compute-heavy workload. This is not a marginal victory; it is a substantial generational leap that aligns with the specifications listed for both cards.

The performance gap is even more striking when considering the context of each card’s position among its rivals. The RTX A3000 Mobile, with an average benchmark score of 70,140, sits at the 91st percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro P6000 (69,986, a 0.2% delta) and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 (69,870, a 0.4% delta), placing it in a tight cluster of older high-end workstation parts. The Radeon PRO V710, despite its much higher OpenCL score, has a lower average benchmark score of 58,657 and sits at the 88th percentile. This discrepancy is explained by its nearest rivals: the NVIDIA P102-100 (58,528, a 0.2% delta) and the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (58,392, a 0.5% delta). These are consumer or mining-oriented cards, and the V710’s average is dragged down by the inclusion of the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 853, which is a very low result compared to its OpenCL score.

In the Geekbench OpenCL test specifically, the RTX A3000 Mobile’s nearest rival is the AMD Radeon PRO V710 itself, with that 32.1% delta. No other rival comes close; the next closest competitors in the RTX A3000 Mobile’s list are within 1.7% of its score. This means the V710 is not just a step ahead in this test—it is an outlier, completely out of the RTX A3000 Mobile’s performance class. The NVIDIA card’s best showing in its own rival list is a 1.7% lead over the NVIDIA CMP 90HX (69,000), which is a far less significant margin than the 32.1% deficit it faces against the V710.

The Verdict

The choice between these two GPUs is dictated entirely by the intended use case and physical constraints. For a mobile workstation where power draw and size are paramount, the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile is the only logical option. It is an end-of-life product with a 70 W TDP, no power connectors, and a form factor that is "portable device dependent." Its performance, while below the Radeon PRO V710, is still respectable, placing it in the 91st percentile of all GPUs and ahead of legacy workstation behemoths like the Quadro P6000 and Radeon Pro WX 8200.

The AMD Radeon PRO V710 is a different beast entirely. It is a single-slot desktop card with a 158 W TDP, a single 8-pin power connector, and a suggested PSU of 450 W. It has no display outputs, meaning it is designed for compute-only workloads in a server or rendering farm, not for a workstation with a monitor attached. Its 32.1% lead in OpenCL performance over the RTX A3000 Mobile is substantial, but that performance comes with more than double the power consumption. The data suggests that if raw compute in a fixed, power-tolerant environment is the goal, the Radeon PRO V710 is the superior part. If mobility, low power, and a built-in display solution are required, the RTX A3000 Mobile is the only choice.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs are built on fundamentally different architectures from different eras. The NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile is based on the Ampere architecture, using the GA104 chip fabricated by Samsung on an 8 nm process. It packs 17,400 million transistors into a 392 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 44.4 million per mm². The AMD Radeon PRO V710 uses the RDNA 3.0 architecture, with the Navi 32 chip built by TSMC on a 5 nm process. It contains 28,100 million transistors on a smaller 346 mm² die, resulting in a much higher density of 81.2 million per mm². The RDNA 3.0 architecture is significantly newer, and the data reflects a major leap in manufacturing efficiency.

The compute layouts differ significantly. The NVIDIA card has 4,096 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. It also includes dedicated hardware with 32 RT cores and 128 tensor cores, a hallmark of the Ampere architecture for accelerated ray tracing and AI workloads. The AMD card has fewer shading units at 3,456, but compensates with a different configuration: 216 TMUs and 96 ROPs. It has 54 RT cores but no tensor cores listed, indicating a different approach to acceleration. The AMD card’s raw throughput is far higher, with an FP32 rate of 27.65 TFLOPS compared to the NVIDIA card’s 10.08 TFLOPS. Both cards have a 1:1 FP16 ratio, meaning their half-precision performance matches their single-precision figures.

Specification Differences

Beyond the core architecture, the two cards diverge sharply on nearly every major specification. The most glaring difference is memory. The NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, delivering 264.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD Radeon PRO V710 offers 28 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 224-bit bus, providing 504.0 GB/s of bandwidth. This is a massive difference in capacity and bandwidth, with the V710 offering nearly double the memory throughput and over four times the capacity.

Clock speeds also favor the AMD card. The RTX A3000 Mobile has a base clock of 600 MHz and a boost clock of 1,230 MHz, with memory running at 1,375 MHz (11 Gbps effective). The Radeon PRO V710 runs at a base clock of 1,900 MHz and a boost clock of 2,000 MHz, with memory at 2,250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The AMD card’s memory clock is over 60% higher, and its boost clock is over 60% higher as well. Pixel and texture rates follow suit: the V710 produces 192.0 GPixel/s and 432.0 GTexel/s, while the RTX A3000 Mobile produces 78.72 GPixel/s and 157.4 GTexel/s.

Power and physical characteristics could not be more different. The NVIDIA card is rated at 70 W TDP with no power connectors, while the AMD card is rated at 158 W TDP, requires a single 8-pin power connector, and suggests a 450 W power supply. The AMD card is explicitly a single-slot design, while the NVIDIA card’s dimensions are not specified, being dependent on the portable device. The NVIDIA card has display outputs that are also "portable device dependent," whereas the AMD card has no outputs at all. The release dates are also far apart, with the RTX A3000 Mobile launching on April 11, 2021, and the Radeon PRO V710 launching on October 2, 2024. The NVIDIA card is marked as end-of-life, with a predecessor of Quadro Turing-M and a successor of Ada-MW, while the AMD card has no successor listed and its predecessor is the Radeon Pro Vega.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the Geekbench OpenCL benchmark?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO V710 is significantly faster, scoring 116,460 points compared to the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile’s 79,091 points, a 32.1% advantage for the AMD card.

Q: How much memory does each card have?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory, while the AMD Radeon PRO V710 has 28 GB of GDDR6 memory, a substantial difference in capacity.

Q: What is the power consumption difference between the two?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile has a TDP of 70 W and requires no power connectors, while the AMD Radeon PRO V710 has a TDP of 158 W, requires a single 8-pin power connector, and suggests a 450 W power supply.

Q: Which card is better suited for a portable workstation?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile is the only viable option, as its power connectors are listed as "None," its TDP is 70 W, and its display outputs are described as "Portable Device Dependent."

Q: What are the architectural generations of these GPUs?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile is based on the Ampere architecture using an 8 nm process from Samsung, while the AMD Radeon PRO V710 is based on RDNA 3.0 using a 5 nm process from TSMC.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon PRO V710 have display outputs?

A: No, the specification list for the AMD Radeon PRO V710 states "No outputs," indicating it is designed for compute-only tasks without direct display connectivity.