AMD Radeon Pro VII vs NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile Comparison

The AMD Radeon Pro VII and NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile occupy different corners of the workstation GPU market, and the benchmark data reflects that divide clearly. The Radeon Pro VII, a desktop card with a 250 W TDP and 16 GB of HBM2, posts an average benchmark score of 97131, placing it in the 93rd percentile of all GPUs. The RTX A3000 Mobile, a 70 W laptop part with 6 GB of GDDR6, averages 70140, landing in the 91st percentile. In direct head-to-head Geekbench tests, the AMD card wins both: 14% ahead in OpenCL and a commanding 51.8% ahead in Vulkan. The verdict is straightforward: the Radeon Pro VII is the performance pick for desktop workstations, while the RTX A3000 Mobile is the efficiency-focused choice for mobile workstations, trading significant raw performance for a fraction of the power draw.

The Verdict

The data points to two distinct buyer profiles. For a fixed workstation with no power constraints, the AMD Radeon Pro VII is the clear choice. Its average benchmark score of 97131 is 38.5% higher than the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 70140. In Vulkan workloads, the gap widens to 51.8% (92862 vs 61189), making the AMD card the definitive winner for compute-heavy tasks that leverage that API. The Radeon Pro VII also carries 16 GB of HBM2 memory with 1.02 TB/s of bandwidth, which is critical for large datasets — the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 6 GB GDDR6 at 264.0 GB/s is a fraction of that capacity and bandwidth.

For mobile professionals who need workstation-class compute on the go, the RTX A3000 Mobile is the only option here, but the trade-off is steep. Its 70 W TDP is 180 W lower than the Radeon Pro VII’s 250 W, and it requires no power connectors, making it feasible in a laptop chassis. However, the performance gap is not trivial: the NVIDIA card is 14% behind in OpenCL (79091 vs 90148) and 51.8% behind in Vulkan. The RTX A3000 Mobile does have modern features like 32 RT cores and 128 tensor cores, which the AMD card lacks entirely, so it is the better fit for ray tracing or AI-accelerated workloads that can use those dedicated units. But for raw FP32 throughput, the Radeon Pro VII’s 13.06 TFLOPS beats the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 10.08 TFLOPS.

Neither card is a value pick — the Radeon Pro VII launched at an MSRP of 1,899 USD, and the RTX A3000 Mobile has no listed launch price. The choice comes down to form factor and power budget versus raw compute. If the system is a desktop, the Radeon Pro VII wins outright. If the system is a laptop, the RTX A3000 Mobile is the only viable option, and its lower performance is the accepted cost of mobility.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs are built on fundamentally different architectures and process nodes. The AMD Radeon Pro VII uses the Vega 20 chip with GCN 5.1 architecture, fabricated on TSMC’s 7 nm process. It packs 13,230 million transistors into a 331 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 40.0M per mm². The NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile uses the GA104 chip with Ampere architecture, built on Samsung’s 8 nm node, with 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die for a density of 44.4M per mm². The NVIDIA chip is larger and denser, but the AMD card’s more mature 7 nm process allows higher clock speeds.

Clock behavior differs sharply. The Radeon Pro VII runs at a 1400 MHz base and 1700 MHz boost, while the RTX A3000 Mobile is constrained to a 600 MHz base and 1230 MHz boost — a reflection of the mobile part’s power limits. Memory configurations are also worlds apart: the AMD card uses 16 GB of HBM2 on a 4096-bit bus, delivering 1.02 TB/s of bandwidth, whereas the NVIDIA card uses 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, achieving 264.0 GB/s. That is a 4x difference in memory bandwidth, which heavily favors the Radeon Pro VII in bandwidth-bound tasks.

Compute resources are closer in raw count but differ in arrangement. The Radeon Pro VII has 3840 shading units, 240 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The RTX A3000 Mobile has more shading units at 4096, but fewer TMUs (128) and the same 64 ROPs. The AMD card’s pixel rate is 108.8 GPixel/s versus 78.72 GPixel/s for NVIDIA, and its texture rate is 408.0 GTexel/s versus 157.4 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA card compensates with dedicated hardware: 32 RT cores and 128 tensor cores, which the AMD card lacks. The Radeon Pro VII’s FP16 throughput is 26.11 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio), while the RTX A3000 Mobile’s FP16 is 10.08 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), so the AMD card is also faster in half-precision compute. API support is another differentiator: the RTX A3000 Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the Radeon Pro VII is limited to DirectX 12 (12_1) and Vulkan 1.3.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon Pro VII wins in every benchmark recorded in the data. Its OpenCL score of 90148 beats the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 79091 by 14%, and its Vulkan score of 92862 beats 61189 by 51.8%. The average benchmark score of 97131 versus 70140 gives the AMD card a 38.5% overall lead. The Radeon Pro VII’s strengths are amplified by its 1.02 TB/s memory bandwidth, which is unmatched by the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 264.0 GB/s. This makes the AMD card the clear winner for large-memory, high-bandwidth workloads like rendering large scenes or processing big data sets.

The RTX A3000 Mobile wins in the mobile form factor by default — it is the only one of the two that fits in a laptop, with a 70 W TDP and no power connectors. Its 32 RT cores and 128 tensor cores give it capabilities the Radeon Pro VII cannot match in ray tracing and AI acceleration. The NVIDIA card also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4, which are newer API versions. In terms of raw benchmark scores, however, the RTX A3000 Mobile does not win any test in the head-to-head data. Its nearest rival comparisons show it is competitive with desktop cards like the NVIDIA Quadro P6000 (0.2% ahead) and AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 (0.4% ahead), but those are older-generation parts. The Radeon Pro VII, by contrast, sits near the AMD Radeon RX 7900M (0.4% behind) and ahead of the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 by 4.7%.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has higher raw compute performance?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro VII, with 13.06 TFLOPS FP32 and 26.11 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1), compared to the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile’s 10.08 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 (1:1).

Q: How much faster is the AMD card in Vulkan workloads?

A: The Radeon Pro VII scores 92862 in Geekbench Vulkan, which is 51.8% higher than the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 61189.

Q: Does the NVIDIA card have any hardware features the AMD card lacks?

A: Yes, the RTX A3000 Mobile includes 32 RT cores and 128 tensor cores, which the Radeon Pro VII does not have. The NVIDIA card also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4, while the AMD card supports DirectX 12 (12_1) and Vulkan 1.3.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference?

A: The Radeon Pro VII offers 1.02 TB/s from 16 GB of HBM2 on a 4096-bit bus, while the RTX A3000 Mobile offers 264.0 GB/s from 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus.

Q: Which card is more suitable for a laptop?

A: The RTX A3000 Mobile, as it has a 70 W TDP and no power connectors, making it feasible for mobile workstations. The Radeon Pro VII requires 250 W and uses a 6-pin plus 8-pin power connector setup.

Q: How do the two cards rank against all other GPUs?

A: The Radeon Pro VII ranks in the 93rd percentile, while the RTX A3000 Mobile ranks in the 91st percentile. The AMD card’s average score is 97131, compared to 70140 for NVIDIA.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two Geekbench tests in the head-to-head data tell a story of dominance. In OpenCL, the AMD Radeon Pro VII scores 90148, which is 14% higher than the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 79091. This is a significant margin, but not overwhelming — it suggests that in OpenCL workloads, the NVIDIA card is still reasonably competitive, likely due to its higher shading unit count (4096 vs 3840) partially offsetting the AMD card’s clock advantages. The Radeon Pro VII’s 1700 MHz boost clock, compared to the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 1230 MHz, is a major factor, as is the massive memory bandwidth advantage.

The Vulkan test is where the gap becomes a canyon. The Radeon Pro VII scores 92862, which is 51.8% higher than the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 61189. This is a 31,673-point difference, far larger than the 11,057-point gap in OpenCL. The delta suggests that Vulkan workloads are particularly sensitive to the AMD card’s architectural strengths — possibly the GCN 5.1 design handles Vulkan’s low-level access more efficiently, or the memory bandwidth advantage becomes much more pronounced in Vulkan’s command buffer model. Either way, the 51.8% win for the Radeon Pro VII is the single biggest performance delta in this comparison.

The average benchmark scores reinforce the trend. The Radeon Pro VII’s average of 97131 is 38.5% above the RTX A3000 Mobile’s 70140. Interestingly, the AMD card’s average is actually higher than its Geekbench OpenCL score, driven by its strong Vulkan result. The NVIDIA card’s average is lower than its OpenCL score, pulled down by the weak Vulkan showing. The Radeon Pro VII’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 7900M, scores 97487, just 0.4% higher, while the RTX A3000 Mobile’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6600 LE, scores 70829, just 1% higher. Both cards are competitive within their respective performance tiers, but those tiers are far apart. The data leaves no ambiguity: the Radeon Pro VII is the superior performer in every measured metric, and the RTX A3000 Mobile’s only advantage is its mobile form factor and lower power draw.