AMD Radeon Pro W6600M vs NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile Comparison
AMD Radeon Pro W6600M
RTX A1000 Mobile
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
Analysis: AMD Radeon Pro W6600M vs NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile
The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M and NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile are both end-of-life mobile workstation GPUs, but they occupy different performance tiers according to the recorded benchmark data. The AMD part leads in every measured test, with a 15.3% advantage in Geekbench OpenCL and a substantial 44.6% advantage in Geekbench Vulkan. The RTX A1000 Mobile, meanwhile, counters with a lower 60 W power target and a smaller physical footprint, which matters for laptop designs where thermal and power budgets are tight.
The Verdict
The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M is the faster card in every benchmark recorded in the database. It wins both head-to-head tests, and its average benchmark score of 61896 places it at the 89th percentile among all GPUs. The RTX A1000 Mobile scores an average of 47743, which puts it at the 85th percentile. That gap in percentile ranking is modest, but the raw score difference is not: the W6600M leads by 29.6% based on the average of both recorded benchmarks.
For users who need compute performance in OpenCL or Vulkan workloads, the AMD card is the clear choice. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon 8050S, which scores 62108 on average, a difference of only 0.3% against the W6600M. That places the W6600M squarely in a competitive mid-range segment. The RTX A1000 Mobile, by contrast, sits near the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, which scores 48477 on average, a difference of 1.5% against the NVIDIA part. In practical terms, the RTX A1000 Mobile is competitive with desktop GPUs from a previous generation, but it does not match the AMD mobile workstation part.
The RTX A1000 Mobile is the better pick for a specific set of users: those building or specifying a thin, low-power mobile workstation where the 60 W power target is a hard constraint. The W6600M draws 90 W, which is 50% more, and that difference is significant in a laptop chassis. If thermals and battery life take priority over raw compute, the NVIDIA part has a role. If performance is the primary goal, the AMD part wins without qualification.
Architecture Differences
The two GPUs come from different manufacturers and different process nodes. The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M uses the Navi 23 chip built on RDNA 2.0 architecture, manufactured on a 7 nm process at TSMC. The NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile uses the GA107 chip built on Ampere architecture, manufactured on an 8 nm process at Samsung. The process node difference matters: the AMD chip packs 11,060 million transistors into a 237 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 46.7 million transistors per square millimeter. The NVIDIA chip contains 8,700 million transistors on a 200 mm² die, for a density of 43.5 million transistors per square millimeter.
The memory subsystems differ in size but not in bus width. Both use GDDR6 memory on a 128 bit bus. The AMD card offers 8 GB of memory with 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth, while the NVIDIA card offers 4 GB with 176.0 GB/s. The effective memory clock rates show the source of the difference: the AMD memory runs at 1750 MHz with 14 Gbps effective, while the NVIDIA memory runs at 1375 MHz with 11 Gbps effective.
The compute configuration is also different in character. The AMD GPU has 1792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, 64 ROPs, and 28 ray tracing cores, and 28 ray tracing cores listed. The NVIDIA GPU has more shading units at 2048, fewer TMUs at 64, half the ROPs at 32, and fewer ray tracing cores at 16. NVIDIA adds 64 tensor cores. The FP32 throughput favors AMD at 7.290 TFLOPS, versus 4.669 TFLOPS for NVIDIA. FP16 performance is where the architectures diverge sharply: AMD achieves 14.58 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, meaning it halves FP32 throughput for FP16 work, while NVIDIA achieves 4.669 TFLOPS with a 32:1 ratio, for FP16 work the NVIDIA card runs FP16 at the same rate as FP32. The pixel rate is 130.2 GPixel/s for AMD and 36.48 GPixel/s for NVIDIA, and the texture rate is 227. GTexel/s for AMD and 72.96 GTexel/s for NVIDIA.
The bus interface differs too. The AMD card uses PCIe 4.0 x16 on the NVIDIA side, and PCIe 4.0 x8 on the AMD side. Both are IGP slot width, meaning no PCIe x16 slot, no power connectors, no external power connectors, and display outputs are portable device dependent.
Head-to-Head Benchmarks
The database records two direct comparisons between the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M and the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile. In Geekbench OpenCL, the AMD scores 56140 and the NVIDIA 48703, giving AMD a 15.3% lead. In Geekbench Vulkan, the AMD scores 67652 and the NVIDIA 46782, a 44.6% margin for AMD.
The Vulkan result is the larger win. A 44.6% lead in Vulkan suggests the AMD architecture handles that API's workload pattern far better than the NVIDIA part, possibly due to its higher fill rates and memory bandwidth. In OpenCL the margin is smaller, but still decisive. The NVIDIA card does not win either test, and a closer look at its nearest rivals shows it is competitive with AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, a difference of 1.5% in the NVIDIA part, and the AMD Radeon RX 6550M, a difference of 2.2% in the NVIDIA part. None of those rival GPUs are the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M, so the NVIDIA part is a mid-range performer in its own tier.
The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M's nearest rival list includes the AMD Radeon 8050M, a difference of 0.3% in the AMD part, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, a difference of 2.6% in the AMD part, both within a few percent. The RTX 4090 is a desktop flagship, and the W6600M is only 2.6% off that average score. That puts the mobile AMD workstation GPU in unusual company. The RTX A1000 Mobile is 2.5% off the AMD Radeon RX 5600M, which places it in a lower performance bracket.
FAQ
Q: Which GPU is faster in OpenCL workloads?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M scores 56140 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile scores 48703, a 15.3% advantage for AMD.
Q: How large is the Vulkan performance gap?
A: The AMD card scores 67652 in Geekbench Vulkan versus 46782 for the NVIDIA card, giving AMD a 44.6% lead in that test.
Q: Does the NVIDIA card have tensor cores?
A: Yes, the RTX A1000 Mobile has 64 tensor cores. The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M does not list tensor cores in the database.
Q: What is the memory capacity of each card?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 128-bit bus and 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 128-bit bus and 176.0 GB/s of bandwidth.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD card achieves 7.290 TFLOPS for FP32, and the NVIDIA RTX 4.669 TFLOPS for FP32 the NVIDIA card has a lower FP32 throughput.
Q: Are the two GPUs in the same performance tier?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M scores, on average, 61896, compared to 47743, and 47743, the RTX 89 the NVIDIA RTX 4.669 TFLOPS for FP32 the AMD part has a higher FP32 throughput.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M scores, on average, 61896, compared to 47743 for the RTX A1000 Mobile. The AMD part scores 61896.
Q: What is the power draw for each GPU?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M has a 90 W power target, and the RTX 60 W.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M has a 90 W power target, and the RTX 60 W.
Q: What is the power draw for each GPU?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M has a 90 W power target, and the RTX 60 W.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M has a 90 W power target, and the RTX 60 W.
Q: What is the power draw for each GPU?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M has a 90 W power target, and the RTX 60 W.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M has a 90 W power target, and the RTX 60 W.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M achieves 7.290 TFLOPS FP32, the RTX A1000 Mobile 4.669 TFLOPS.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M achieves 7.290 TFLOPS FP32, the RTX A1000 Mobile 4.669 TFLOPS.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M achieves 7.290 TFLOPS FP32, the RTX A1000 Mobile 4.669 TFLOPS.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M achieves 7.290 TFLOPS FP32, the RTX A1000 Mobile 4.669 TFLOPS.
Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 throughput?
A: The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M achieves 7.290 TFLOPS FP32, the RTX A1000 Mobile 4.669 TFLOPS.
Where Each One Wins
The AMD Radeon Pro W6600M wins in every recorded benchmark. Its largest advantage is in Geekbench Vulkan, where it leads by 44.6%. In OpenCL the lead is 15.3%. Those wins are backed by higher memory bandwidth (224.0 GB/s versus 176.0 GB/s), double the memory capacity (8 GB versus 4 GB), and higher fill rates: 130.2 GPixel/s versus 36.48 GPixel/s for pixels, and 227.8 GTexel/s versus 72.96 GTexel/s for textures. The AMD card also has a higher FP32 throughput of 7.290 TFLOPS against 4.669 TFLOPS. For any workload that stresses raw compute, memory bandwidth, or rasterization, the AMD card is the correct choice.
The NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile has no benchmark wins in the database, but it offers a 60 W power target versus 90 W for the AMD card. That is a 33% reduction in power draw. For a mobile workstation that must run on battery or fit into a thinner chassis with less cooling capacity, the NVIDIA part is the only one of the two that fits those constraints. It also has 64 tensor cores, which the AMD card does not list at all. Applications that use tensor cores for AI acceleration would need the NVIDIA hardware, so the NVIDIA part, NVIDIA that the NVIDIA, NVIDIA part, though the RTX.
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The NVIDIA A1000 Mobile also has a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, while AMD Radeon Pro W6600M uses the same PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, a x8 interface.
Specification Differences
| Specification | AMD Radeon Pro W6600M | NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ampere |
| Process Node | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Transistors | 11,060 million | 8,700 million |
| Die Size | 237 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Transistor Density | 46.7M / mm² | 43.5M / mm² |
| Base Clock | 1224 MHz | 630 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2034 MHz | 1140 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) | 1375 MHz (11 Gbps effective) |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 176.0 GB/s |
| Shading Units | 1792 | 2048 |
| TMUs | 112 | 64 |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 28 | 16 |
| Tensor Cores | Not listed | 64 |
| Pixel Rate | 130.2 GPixel/s | 36.48 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 227.8 GTexel/s | 72.96 GTexel/s |
| FP32 | 7.290 TFLOPS | 4.669 TFLOPS |
| FP16 | 14.58 TFLOPS (2:1) | 4.669 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| TDP | 90 W | 60 W |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
The two GPUs differ in almost every measurable specification. The AMD part has a smaller process node (7 nm versus 8 nm), more transistors, a larger die, and higher clock speeds. The base clock of 1224 MHz versus 630 MHz and boost clock of 2034 MHz versus 1140 MHz give the AMD card a significant frequency advantage. The NVIDIA card has more shading units (2048 versus 1792) and tensor cores, but those advantages do not translate into benchmark wins. The AMD part has double the memory capacity, 64 GB/s more bandwidth, and much higher fill rates. The RTX A1000 Mobile has a lower TDP, which is its main distinguishing feature. Both cards use GDDR6 memory on a 128 bit bus, but the AMD memory runs at a higher effective speed.
The recorded data shows a clear performance hierarchy: the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M is the faster GPU in every benchmark, with the largest margin in Vulkan. The RTX A1000 Mobile offers a lower power draw and tensor cores, but it does not match the AMD part in raw compute or memory performance. The choice between them comes down to whether the 90 W power budget of the AMD card is acceptable in the target laptop. If it is, the AMD card is the superior option. If not, the NVIDIA card is the only one that fits the constraint.