AMD Radeon PRO W7400 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile Comparison

The Verdict

The database positions these two GPUs for entirely different roles. The AMD Radeon PRO W7400 is a professional workstation card with a 50th percentile ranking among all GPUs, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile sits at the 63rd percentile. The recorded benchmarks for the RTX 4050 Mobile show an average score of 19049, placing it slightly ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 by 0.1% and the NVIDIA Quadro K6000 by 0.1%, while trailing the NVIDIA Tesla K20m by 0.2%. The Radeon PRO W7400 has no recorded benchmark scores in the database, meaning its comparative standing relies entirely on architectural and specification analysis rather than measured performance data.

The RTX 4050 Mobile delivers 8.986 TFLOPS of FP32 performance versus 7.885 TFLOPS for the W7400, a 14% advantage in raw compute throughput. The NVIDIA part also achieves higher pixel and texture rates, at 84.24 GPixel/s versus 70.40 GPixel/s and 140.4 GTexel/s versus 123.2 GTexel/s respectively. The W7400 counters with double the memory capacity at 8 GB versus 6 GB, though the RTX 4050 Mobile claims higher memory bandwidth at 192.0 GB/s versus 172.8 GB/s. The RTX 4050 Mobile is the stronger choice for applications demanding raw compute throughput and higher pixel output, while the W7400 offers more memory capacity for larger datasets within a professional form factor.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs represent distinct architectural generations from their respective manufacturers. The AMD Radeon PRO W7400 uses the Navi 33 chip built on RDNA 3.0 architecture, codenamed Hotpink Bonefish, manufactured on a 6 nm process at TSMC. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile uses the AD107 chip built on Ada Lovelace architecture, manufactured on a 5 nm process, also at TSMC. The process node difference is significant: the 5 nm node allows NVIDIA to pack 18,900 million transistors into a 159 mm² die, achieving a transistor density of 118.9M per mm². AMD's 6 nm process hosts 13,300 million transistors across a larger 204 mm² die, resulting in a much lower density of 65.2M per mm².

The transistor count difference is substantial. NVIDIA's chip carries 5,600 million more transistors despite a smaller physical footprint. This density advantage reflects the more advanced manufacturing process and likely contributes to the RTX 4050 Mobile's higher clock speeds. The RTX 4050 Mobile operates at a base clock of 1455 MHz and boosts to 1755 MHz, while the W7400 runs at a remarkably low 330 MHz base clock and boosts only to 1100 MHz. The NVIDIA part's clock advantage is enormous, exceeding the AMD boost clock by 655 MHz, which helps explain its higher throughput despite having fewer texture mapping units and raster operations pipelines.

Architectural feature sets also diverge. The W7400 integrates 28 ray tracing cores, while the RTX 4050 Mobile includes 20 RT cores but adds 80 tensor cores, a feature the AMD part lacks entirely. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Radeon PRO W7400 belongs to the Radeon Pro Navi generation with the predecessor being Radeon Pro Vega, whereas the RTX 4050 Mobile follows the GeForce 30 Mobile series and has a successor in GeForce 50 Mobile. The W7400 was released later, with a 2025-08-02 date, while the RTX 4050 Mobile appeared earlier on 2023-01-02.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark results between these two GPUs, and the Radeon PRO W7400 has no recorded benchmark scores at all. The RTX 4050 Mobile, however, has a full suite of nine benchmark results that establish its performance profile. In Geekbench OpenCL, it scores 74748, and in Geekbench Vulkan, it scores 75235, showing near parity between those two compute APIs. Passmark results show a G3D score of 14423, a GPU compute score of 5947, and legacy DirectX tests ranging from 61 in DirectX 12 to 184 in DirectX 9. The G2D score sits at 633.

Without direct measurements for the W7400, the comparison relies on specification-derived rates. The RTX 4050 Mobile's FP32 throughput of 8.986 TFLOPS exceeds the W7400's 7.885 TFLOPS by approximately 14%. Its pixel rate advantage is 19.7% (84.24 versus 70.40 GPixel/s), and its texture rate advantage is 14% (140.4 versus 123.2 GTexel/s). The RTX 4050 Mobile also holds a memory bandwidth edge of 11.1% (192.0 versus 172.8 GB/s). The W7400's only clear specification win is memory capacity, offering 8 GB versus 6 GB, a 33% advantage.

The RTX 4050 Mobile's nearest rivals in the database provide context for its standing. It sits essentially tied with the AMD Radeon RX 6600 at a 0.1% positive delta and the NVIDIA Quadro K6000 also at 0.1% positive. It trails the NVIDIA Tesla K20m by 0.2% and leads the NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation by 0.5%. These narrow margins suggest the RTX 4050 Mobile operates in a tightly contested performance tier where small differences separate competitors.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every measurable specification. The W7400 uses 1792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 64 raster operations pipelines. The RTX 4050 Mobile uses 2560 shading units, 80 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. NVIDIA's part has 768 more shading units but 32 fewer TMUs and 16 fewer ROPs. The RT core counts differ by eight, with AMD at 28 and NVIDIA at 20, while NVIDIA exclusively provides 80 tensor cores.

Memory configurations diverge sharply. The W7400 offers 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus running at 1350 MHz with 10.8 Gbps effective speed, delivering 172.8 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 4050 Mobile offers 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus running at 2000 MHz with 16 Gbps effective speed, delivering 192.0 GB/s bandwidth. The narrower bus is compensated by faster memory clocks, resulting in higher overall bandwidth for NVIDIA.

Power and physical characteristics also differ. The W7400 carries a 55 W TDP with a suggested 250 W PSU, while the RTX 4050 Mobile has a 50 W TDP and no suggested PSU listed. The W7400 is a single-slot card measuring 168 mm in length, 69 mm in height, and 20 mm in width, with four DisplayPort 2.1 outputs. The RTX 4050 Mobile is an integrated graphics processor with no dimensions recorded and display outputs described as portable device dependent. Both use PCIe 4.0 x8 interfaces and neither requires power connectors. The W7400's 55 W TDP is 10% higher than the RTX 4050 Mobile's 50 W, a modest difference given the performance gap.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has higher FP32 compute performance?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile delivers 8.986 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which is 14% higher than the AMD Radeon PRO W7400's 7.885 TFLOPS.

Q: How do the memory configurations compare?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7400 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 172.8 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus with 192.0 GB/s bandwidth, providing 11.1% more bandwidth despite less capacity.

Q: What tensor core support does each GPU offer?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile includes 80 tensor cores, while the AMD Radeon PRO W7400 has no tensor cores listed in its specifications.

Q: How does the RTX 4050 Mobile rank against its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 4050 Mobile's average benchmark score of 19049 places it 0.1% ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 6600 and NVIDIA Quadro K6000, 0.2% behind the NVIDIA Tesla K20m, and 0.5% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation.

Q: Which GPU has more ray tracing cores?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7400 has 28 ray tracing cores, which is 40% more than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile's 20 RT cores.

Q: What are the physical form factor differences?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7400 is a single-slot card measuring 168 mm by 69 mm by 20 mm with four DisplayPort 2.1 outputs. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is an integrated graphics processor with no recorded dimensions and display outputs that depend on the portable device.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4050 Mobile wins in raw computational throughput across every rate-based metric in the database. Its FP32 output of 8.986 TFLOPS, pixel rate of 84.24 GPixel/s, and texture rate of 140.4 GTexel/s all exceed the W7400's corresponding figures. Its memory bandwidth of 192.0 GB/s also surpasses the AMD part. The 5 nm manufacturing process and higher clock speeds, with a 1455 MHz base and 1755 MHz boost, underpin these advantages. The tensor cores provide dedicated hardware for AI workloads that the W7400 cannot match. The RTX 4050 Mobile also demonstrates measured performance through its benchmark suite, with a 63rd percentile ranking and an average score of 19049 that places it among established competitors.

The W7400 wins in memory capacity, offering 8 GB versus 6 GB, which benefits workloads holding larger datasets in VRAM. Its 128-bit memory bus is wider than the RTX 4050 Mobile's 96-bit bus, and it carries more TMUs at 112 versus 80, more ROPs at 64 versus 48, and more RT cores at 28 versus 20. The single-slot professional form factor with four DisplayPort 2.1 outputs suits multi-display workstation setups, while the RTX 4050 Mobile's integrated nature ties it to portable devices. The W7400's 55 W TDP is higher than the RTX 4050 Mobile's 50 W, but both are low-power designs suited to compact systems.

The data indicates the RTX 4050 Mobile is the higher-performing GPU overall, with its 63rd percentile ranking and 14% FP32 advantage. The W7400's strengths lie in memory capacity and professional workstation features rather than raw speed. For applications where 8 GB of VRAM is essential, the W7400 holds the edge; for compute-bound tasks, the RTX 4050 Mobile delivers more throughput. The absence of benchmark scores for the W7400 limits direct comparison, but the specification analysis consistently favors NVIDIA's part in performance-oriented metrics.