AMD Radeon Pro VII vs AMD Radeon PRO W7800 Comparison

The Verdict

The AMD Radeon PRO W7800 is the decisive winner in this comparison, outperforming the AMD Radeon Pro VII by a substantial margin in every recorded benchmark. The data shows a 71.2% advantage in Geekbench OpenCL and an 88.9% advantage in Geekbench Vulkan. The W7800 also sits at the 97th percentile among all GPUs, while the Pro VII sits at the 93rd percentile. For any workload that relies on OpenCL or Vulkan compute performance, the W7800 is the clear choice. The Pro VII remains a functional workstation card, but its recorded average benchmark score of 97,131 is well below the W7800's 164,894. The W7800 is the appropriate pick for users seeking maximum compute throughput in modern professional applications. The Pro VII, given its end-of-life production status, is only worth considering in legacy deployments where its specific HBM2 memory characteristics are already integrated into an existing pipeline.

Architecture Differences

The two cards represent completely different architectural generations from AMD. The Radeon PRO W7800 is built on the Navi 31 chip using the RDNA 3.0 architecture, with the codename Plum Bonito. It belongs to the Radeon Pro Navi generation, which is listed as the Navi III Series. The Radeon Pro VII uses the Vega 20 chip with the GCN 5.1 architecture and belongs to the Radeon Pro Vega generation, the Vega II Series. This generational gap is reflected in the manufacturing process: the W7800 is fabricated on a 5 nm process, while the Pro VII uses a 7 nm process, both at TSMC. The transistor counts differ enormously, with the W7800 packing 57,700 million transistors on a 529 mm² die, compared to 13,230 million transistors on a 331 mm² die for the Pro VII. The resulting transistor density is 109.1M per mm² for the W7800 versus 40.0M per mm² for the Pro VII.

The W7800 features hardware ray tracing cores, with 70 RT cores present, while the Pro VII has no RT cores at all. The W7800 also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, whereas the Pro VII is limited to DirectX 12 (12_1) and Vulkan 1.3. Both cards support OpenGL 4.6. Display output capabilities also differ significantly.

FAQ

Q: Which card has higher average benchmark scores?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7800 has an average benchmark score of 164,894, while the AMD Radeon Pro VII has an average benchmark score of 97,131.

Q: How much faster is the W7800 in OpenCL?

A: The W7800 scores 154,366 in Geekbench OpenCL, which is 71.2% higher than the Pro VII's score of 90,148.

Q: Does the Radeon Pro VII support ray tracing?

A: No, the Radeon Pro VII has no ray tracing cores. The Radeon PRO W7800 includes 70 RT cores.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The W7800 has 32 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 576.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Pro VII has 16 GB of HBM2 memory on a 4096-bit bus with 1.02 TB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the production status of each card?

A: The W7800 is listed as Active production status, while the Pro VII is listed as End-of-life.

Q: Which card has higher pixel and texture rates?

A: The W7800 has a pixel rate of 323.2 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 707.0 GTexel/s. The Pro VII has a pixel rate of 108.8 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 408.0 GTexel/s.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every major specification category. The W7800 operates with a base clock of 1895 MHz and a boost clock of 2525 MHz, while the Pro VII runs at 1400 MHz base and 1700 MHz boost. Memory clock speeds are 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) for the W7800 versus 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective) for the Pro VII. Shader units number 4480 on the W7800 versus 3840 on the Pro VII. Texture mapping units total 280 on the W7800 versus 240 on the Pro VII. Raster operation units are 128 on the W7800 versus 64 on the Pro VII. The W7800 has 70 RT cores; the Pro VII has none.

Compute throughput shows a wide gap: the W7800 delivers 45.25 TFLOPS FP32 and 90.50 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1), while the Pro VII delivers 13.06 TFLOPS FP32 and 26.11 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1). Power draw is similar, with the W7800 rated at 260 W and the Pro VII at 250 W. Power connectors differ, with the W7800 requiring 2x 8-pin and the Pro VII requiring 1x 6-pin plus 1x 8-pin. Both cards suggest a 600 W power supply.

Physical dimensions differ as well. The W7800 is 280 mm (11 inches) long, 110 mm (4.3 inches) high, and 40 mm (1.6 inches) wide. The Pro VII is 305 mm (12 inches) long and 111 mm (4.4 inches) high, with no width listed in the database. Both are dual-slot cards with PCIe 4.0 x16 interfaces. Display outputs are 3x DisplayPort 2.1 plus 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1 on the W7800, versus 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a on the Pro VII.

The release dates show a three-year gap: the W7800 launched on April 12, 2023, while the Pro VII launched on May 12, 2020. The Pro VII's predecessor is listed as Radeon Pro Polaris, and its successor is Radeon Pro Navi, which is the generation that includes the W7800. The W7800's predecessor is Radeon Pro Vega. The launch MSRP for the W7800 is 2,499 USD. The launch MSRP for the Pro VII is 1,899 USD.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two direct head-to-head benchmark comparisons between these cards, and the W7800 wins both. In Geekbench OpenCL, the W7800 scores 154,366 against the Pro VII's 90,148, a delta of 71.2%. In Geekbench Vulkan, the W7800 scores 175,422 against the Pro VII's 92,862, a delta of 88.9%. The W7800 wins both head-to-head tests, giving it a 2-0 record.

The OpenCL result is particularly telling for compute workloads. A 71.2% lead in OpenCL means the W7800 can complete OpenCL-based rendering and simulation tasks in substantially less time than the Pro VII. The Vulkan gap is even larger at 88.9%, which matters for applications that have moved to Vulkan for cross-platform compute and graphics. The W7800's Vulkan score of 175,422 is also higher than its own OpenCL score of 154,366, suggesting the RDNA 3.0 architecture scales better in Vulkan environments. The Pro VII shows the opposite pattern: its OpenCL score of 90,148 is slightly lower than its Vulkan score of 92,862, but both are far below the W7800's numbers.

Context from the nearest rivals helps position these results. The W7800's average score of 164,894 places it within 0.2% of the NVIDIA RTX A5500 (165,217) and 0.7% below the NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation (166,094). It is 1.5% ahead of the NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB (162,504) and 2.2% behind the AMD Radeon Pro W6900X (168,574). This means the W7800 is competitive with the upper tier of professional GPUs, slightly trailing the best performers in its immediate class but still within a narrow band.

The Pro VII's average score of 97,131 places it 0.4% below the AMD Radeon RX 7900M (97,487), 5% ahead of the AMD Radeon Instinct MI60 (92,466), 4.7% behind the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 (101,872), and 6% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A4500 (91,671). The Pro VII sits in a lower performance tier overall, closer to mobile and older workstation parts than to the current generation of high-end professional accelerators.

The performance gap between the two cards aligns with their architectural differences. The W7800's 5 nm process, higher transistor density, and RDNA 3.0 design deliver more than three times the FP32 throughput of the Pro VII. The W7800's 45.25 TFLOPS FP32 versus 13.06 TFLOPS FP32 represents a 3.46x raw compute advantage, which is reflected in the benchmark deltas. The Pro VII's HBM2 memory provides higher bandwidth at 1.02 TB/s compared to 576.0 GB/s on the W7800, but this does not compensate for the large compute deficit in the recorded tests. The Pro VII's 4096-bit memory bus is a legacy design choice that offers impressive bandwidth but comes with the older GCN architecture's lower overall efficiency.

For users deciding between these two cards, the benchmark data leaves little ambiguity. The W7800 is faster in every measured category, supports newer APIs, includes ray tracing hardware, has double the memory capacity, and remains in active production. The Pro VII's only advantages are its higher memory bandwidth and its lower launch MSRP. The recorded benchmark results show a clear generational leap in compute performance, and the W7800 represents the modern choice for professional workloads where OpenCL and Vulkan performance are critical.