AMD Radeon PRO W7600 vs NVIDIA CMP 30HX Comparison

FAQ

Q: What is the average benchmark score difference between the AMD Radeon PRO W7600 and the NVIDIA CMP 30HX?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 records an average benchmark score of 87,108, while the NVIDIA CMP 30HX scores 63,842. This places the AMD card roughly 36% higher in overall recorded performance.

Q: Which card wins in Geekbench OpenCL and by how much?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 wins the Geekbench OpenCL test with a score of 81,528 versus 65,199 for the NVIDIA CMP 30HX, a 25% advantage.

Q: How do the two cards compare in Geekbench Vulkan performance?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 scores 92,688 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the NVIDIA CMP 30HX scores 62,484. The AMD card leads by 48.3%, which is its largest margin in the recorded head-to-head tests.

Q: Are these cards aimed at the same use case?

A: No. The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 is an active professional workstation GPU with display outputs (4x DisplayPort 2.1) and a production status of Active. The NVIDIA CMP 30HX is a mining-focused GPU with no display outputs, a PCIe 1.0 x4 interface, and is marked as End-of-life.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The AMD card has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA card has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 336.0 GB/s bandwidth. Despite the wider bus on the NVIDIA card, the AMD card still wins all recorded benchmarks.

Q: How do the percentile rankings compare among all GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 sits at the 93rd percentile among all GPUs, while the NVIDIA CMP 30HX sits at the 89th percentile. This reflects the AMD card's higher standing in the database's overall performance distribution.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the AMD Radeon PRO W7600 wins both recorded benchmarks, taking 2 out of 2 head-to-head tests. Its average score of 87,108 places it in the 93rd percentile of all GPUs, while the NVIDIA CMP 30HX's 63,842 average puts it at the 89th percentile. For any workload that relies on OpenCL or Vulkan compute, the AMD card is the clear choice.

The NVIDIA CMP 30HX is a mining GPU with no display outputs and a PCIe 1.0 x4 interface, making it unsuitable for standard workstation use. Its only technical advantage in the specifications is memory bandwidth: 336.0 GB/s versus 288.0 GB/s, and a slightly lower TDP of 125 W versus 130 W. However, these do not translate into benchmark wins.

For a professional user who needs a working GPU with display connectivity and current production status, the AMD Radeon PRO W7600 is the only sensible pick. For someone who specifically requires a mining-only card with no video output, the CMP 30HX exists, but it is an end-of-life product and loses every performance comparison in this database.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

In Geekbench OpenCL, the AMD Radeon PRO W7600 scores 81,528 against the NVIDIA CMP 30HX's 65,199, a 25% lead. This is a substantial margin, indicating that the AMD card delivers significantly more raw compute throughput in this API. The NVIDIA card's wider 192-bit memory bus and higher 336.0 GB/s bandwidth do not compensate for its older Turing architecture and lower shader count.

The Geekbench Vulkan test shows an even larger gap. The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 scores 92,688, while the NVIDIA CMP 30HX manages only 62,484, giving the AMD card a 48.3% advantage. This suggests that the RDNA 3.0 architecture is particularly strong in Vulkan workloads, nearly doubling the relative performance gap seen in OpenCL. The NVIDIA card's lack of ray tracing cores and its 12 nm process node likely contribute to this shortfall.

Looking at the nearest rivals in the database, the AMD Radeon PRO W7600's average score of 87,108 is close to the NVIDIA Quadro GP100's 87,445 (a 0.4% deficit) and ahead of the NVIDIA CMP 40HX's 85,637 (by 1.7%). It trails the NVIDIA RTX A4500's 91,671 by 5%. The NVIDIA CMP 30HX, by contrast, is nearly identical to the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP (63,830, within 0%) and the AMD Radeon RX 7600M (63,775, a 0.1% lead). This places the CMP 30HX firmly in the mid-range tier, while the PRO W7600 competes in a higher performance class.

Specification Differences

The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 uses a 6 nm process node from TSMC, while the NVIDIA CMP 30HX uses a 12 nm node from the same foundry. The AMD chip, Navi 33, contains 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 65.2M per mm². The NVIDIA chip, TU116, has 6,600 million transistors on a larger 284 mm² die, resulting in just 23.2M transistors per mm².

Clock speeds differ significantly. The AMD card runs at a base clock of 1720 MHz and boosts to 2440 MHz. The NVIDIA card has a base clock of 1530 MHz and a boost clock of 1785 MHz. Memory clocks also differ: the AMD card uses 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective), while the NVIDIA card uses 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective).

Shading units, texture mapping units, and render output units all favor the AMD card: 2048 shading units versus 1408, 128 TMUs versus 88, and 64 ROPs versus 48. The AMD card also features 32 ray tracing cores, which the NVIDIA card lacks entirely. Pixel rate and texture rate are higher on the AMD card: 156.2 GPixel/s versus 85.68 GPixel/s, and 312.3 GTexel/s versus 157.1 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 19.99 TFLOPS versus 5.027 TFLOPS, a nearly 4x difference.

The form factors differ as well. The AMD card is single-slot, 241 mm long, 115 mm tall, with a 1x 6-pin power connector. The NVIDIA card is dual-slot, 229 mm long, 111 mm tall, 35 mm wide, with a 1x 8-pin connector. Both have a suggested PSU of 300 W. The AMD card uses PCIe 4.0 x8, while the NVIDIA card uses PCIe 1.0 x4, a legacy interface that severely limits data transfer rates.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 is built on RDNA 3.0, the architecture behind the Radeon Pro Navi (Navi III Series). Its codename is Hotpink Bonefish. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. With 32 ray tracing cores, it is ready for hardware-accelerated ray tracing workloads, which is a key feature for modern professional rendering tasks.

The NVIDIA CMP 30HX is built on Turing, an older architecture that lacks dedicated ray tracing cores and tensor cores entirely. It belongs to the Mining GPUs generation and supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The absence of RT cores means it cannot accelerate ray-traced rendering in the same way as the AMD card.

The process node difference is stark: 6 nm versus 12 nm. This allows the AMD chip to pack more than twice the transistors (13,300 million versus 6,600 million) into a smaller die (204 mm² versus 284 mm²). The transistor density of 65.2M per mm² versus 23.2M per mm² reflects the efficiency of the newer manufacturing process.

The NVIDIA card has no display outputs, confirming its mining-focused design. The AMD card offers 4x DisplayPort 2.1, making it a fully functional workstation GPU. The AMD card's predecessor is the Radeon Pro Vega, and it was released on 2023-08-02 with a launch MSRP of 599 USD. The NVIDIA card was released on 2021-02-24 with a launch MSRP of 799 USD, and its production status is End-of-life.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 wins in every recorded benchmark category. In Geekbench OpenCL, it leads by 25%, and in Geekbench Vulkan, it leads by 48.3%. This makes it the superior choice for any application that relies on OpenCL or Vulkan compute, including rendering, simulation, data processing, and general GPU-accelerated tasks. Its 8 GB memory, 128-bit bus, and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth are sufficient for professional workloads, and its 4x DisplayPort 2.1 outputs allow multi-monitor setups.

The NVIDIA CMP 30HX has no benchmark wins in this database. Its only advantages are technical specifications that do not affect the recorded results: a higher memory bandwidth of 336.0 GB/s, a wider 192-bit bus, a slightly lower TDP of 125 W, and a shorter length of 229 mm. For a mining-only workload that does not render to a display, these could theoretically matter, but the card's PCIe 1.0 x4 interface and end-of-life status make it a poor long-term investment. Its 6 GB memory is also smaller than the AMD card's 8 GB.

In practice, the AMD Radeon PRO W7600 is the card for anyone who needs a current, active workstation GPU with strong compute performance and display support. The NVIDIA CMP 30HX is a legacy mining part that should only be considered if a user specifically requires a no-output, mining-oriented card and can tolerate its performance deficit. The data shows no scenario where the CMP 30HX outperforms the PRO W7600 in compute benchmarks.