AMD Radeon PRO W7600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The recorded benchmark data splits cleanly between the two products. The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 wins the only direct head-to-head comparison available, the Geekbench OpenCL test, by a substantial 53.8 percent. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has no winning benchmark in the head-to-head set, meaning the W7600 holds a 1 to 0 advantage in direct comparisons. That single result aligns with the broader database rankings: the W7600 sits at the 93rd percentile among all GPUs, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile sits at the 44th percentile. The average benchmark score for the AMD part is 87108, which is roughly ten times the RTX 3050 A Mobile's average of 8746, though that figure is skewed by the NVIDIA part's multiple Passmark results.

The use-case split is therefore straightforward. For workloads that rely on OpenCL compute, the W7600 is the clearly dominant option. The RTX 3050 A Mobile, however, has a broader set of recorded metrics, including Passmark DirectX 9, 10, 11, and 12 tests, plus G2D, G3D, and GPU compute scores. Those results indicate a part that is oriented toward mobile graphics duties rather than raw compute throughput. The highest Passmark score for the NVIDIA part is the DirectX 9 result at 152, while the G3D score is 11664 and the GPU compute score is 4419. These are modest figures that place the RTX 3050 A Mobile in the lower half of the database distribution.

The W7600's advantage is not merely in raw score, but in consistency. Its two recorded benchmarks, Geekbench OpenCL at 81528 and Geekbench Vulkan at 92688, are both high enough to justify its 93rd percentile placement. The Vulkan result is not part of the head-to-head set, but it reinforces the pattern of strong compute performance. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has no Vulkan score in the database, so its compute capabilities are only partially characterized. For users prioritizing compute acceleration, the W7600 is the only defensible choice based on the data. For users prioritizing low-power mobile operation, the RTX 3050 A Mobile has the advantage in thermal envelope, but the performance ceiling is far lower.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations and different foundries. The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 uses the Navi 33 chip built on RDNA 3.0 architecture, codenamed Hotpink Bonefish. It is fabricated by TSMC on a 6 nm process node. The chip contains 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 65.2 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile uses the GA106 chip built on Ampere architecture, fabricated by Samsung on an 8 nm process node. That chip contains 12,000 million transistors on a 276 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 43.5 million per square millimeter. The W7600 therefore achieves higher transistor density on a smaller die, which is consistent with the newer 6 nm process versus the 8 nm process.

The compute configurations differ significantly. The W7600 has 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. It also includes 32 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has 1792 shading units, 56 texture mapping units, and 32 raster output units. It includes 14 ray tracing cores and 56 tensor cores. The presence of tensor cores on the NVIDIA part is a notable architectural difference, as it enables tensor-based workloads that the AMD part cannot accelerate in hardware. However, the AMD part has more than double the TMUs and double the ROPs, which supports higher fill rates. The pixel rate for the W7600 is 156.2 GPixel/s versus 42.98 GPixel/s for the RTX 3050 A Mobile. The texture rate is 312.3 GTexel/s versus 75.21 GTexel/s.

Clock speeds also diverge. The W7600 has a base clock of 1720 MHz and a boost clock of 2440 MHz. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has a base clock of 1065 MHz and a boost clock of 1343 MHz. The memory configuration is another differentiator. The W7600 uses 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128 bit bus, with memory clock at 2250 MHz and 18 Gbps effective, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 3050 A Mobile uses 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128 bit bus, with memory clock at 1500 MHz and 12 Gbps effective, yielding 192.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The W7600 has double the memory capacity and 50 percent more bandwidth.

Power characteristics are opposite in nature. The W7600 has a TDP of 130 W, requires a single 6-pin power connector, and a suggested PSU of 300 W. It is a single-slot card. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has a TDP of 45 W, requires no power connectors, and is classified as an IGP (integrated graphics processor) for mobile devices. The W7600 is an active production part, released on August 2, 2023, with a launch MSRP of 599 USD. The RTX 3050 A Mobile is end-of-life, released on December 31, 2023. The NVIDIA part has no launch MSRP recorded. The W7600 has a predecessor in the Radeon Pro Vega, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile's predecessor is the GeForce 20 Mobile series. Both support PCIe 4.0 x8, DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Display outputs differ: the W7600 has four DisplayPort 2.1 outputs, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile's outputs are portable device dependent.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only direct head-to-head benchmark in the database is Geekbench OpenCL. The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 scores 81528, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile scores 52998. The delta is 53.8 percent in favor of AMD. That is a decisive margin, indicating that the W7600 delivers roughly 54 percent more OpenCL compute performance than the RTX 3050 A Mobile. Given the architectural differences, this is not surprising. The W7600 has more shading units, more TMUs, more ROPs, higher clocks, and more memory bandwidth. The FP32 throughput for the W7600 is 19.99 TFLOPS versus 4.813 TFLOPS for the RTX 3050 A Mobile, a factor of over four. The FP16 throughput is 39.98 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio) for the AMD part versus 4.813 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio) for the NVIDIA part.

The Geekbench Vulkan score for the W7600 is 92688, which is even higher than its OpenCL score. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has no recorded Vulkan score, so a direct comparison there is impossible. However, the W7600's Vulkan result indicates that its compute advantage extends beyond OpenCL into Vulkan workloads. The RTX 3050 A Mobile's Passmark scores are all low. The DirectX 9 score is 152, DirectX 10 is 61, DirectX 11 is 94, and DirectX 12 is 55. The G2D score is 526, G3D is 11664, and GPU compute is 4419. These figures suggest that the RTX 3050 A Mobile is not competitive with the W7600 in any compute or graphics metric that the database records.

The nearest rivals for the W7600 in the database are instructive. The NVIDIA Quadro GP100 has an average score of 87445, which is 0.4 percent higher than the W7600's 87108. The NVIDIA CMP 40HX scores 85637, which is 1.7 percent lower. The NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile scores 91134, which is 4.4 percent higher. The NVIDIA RTX A4500 scores 91671, which is 5 percent higher. These are all close competitors in the same performance tier, meaning the W7600 sits in a dense cluster of high-end workstation GPUs. The RTX 3050 A Mobile, by contrast, has nearest rivals that are far below its own tier. Its closest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 at 8743, a 0 percent delta. The NVIDIA Quadro P2200 at 8686 is 0.7 percent lower, the AMD Radeon R9 M265X at 8851 is 1.2 percent higher, and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 at 8863 is 1.3 percent higher. The RTX 3050 A Mobile's average score of 8746 places it in the same bracket as these older or lower-tier parts.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 has an average benchmark score of 87108, which is far higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile's average of 8746. The W7600 sits at the 93rd percentile among all GPUs, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile sits at the 44th percentile.

Q: What is the memory capacity difference between the two GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128 bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128 bit bus with 192.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: How do the power requirements compare?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 has a TDP of 130 W, requires a single 6-pin power connector, and has a suggested PSU of 300 W. It is a single-slot card. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has a TDP of 45 W, requires no power connectors, and is classified as an IGP for mobile devices.

Q: Which GPU has more ray tracing cores?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 has 32 ray tracing cores. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has 14 ray tracing cores. The NVIDIA part also includes 56 tensor cores, which the AMD part does not have.

Q: What is the process node and die size for each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 uses a 6 nm process at TSMC, with a die size of 204 mm² and 13,300 million transistors. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile uses an 8 nm process at Samsung, with a die size of 276 mm² and 12,000 million transistors.

Q: What is the production status of each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 is marked as Active production. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile is marked as End-of-life.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification field in the database. The process node is 6 nm for the AMD part versus 8 nm for the NVIDIA part. The foundry is TSMC for AMD and Samsung for NVIDIA. The chip is Navi 33 for AMD and GA106 for NVIDIA. The architecture is RDNA 3.0 for AMD and Ampere for NVIDIA. The transistor count is 13,300 million for AMD versus 12,000 million for NVIDIA. The die size is 204 mm² for AMD versus 276 mm² for NVIDIA. The transistor density is 65.2 million per mm² for AMD versus 43.5 million per mm² for NVIDIA.

Clock speeds differ substantially. The AMD base clock is 1720 MHz versus 1065 MHz for NVIDIA. The AMD boost clock is 2440 MHz versus 1343 MHz for NVIDIA. The AMD memory clock is 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective versus 1500 MHz with 12 Gbps effective for NVIDIA. Memory size is 8 GB for AMD versus 4 GB for NVIDIA. Memory bandwidth is 288.0 GB/s for AMD versus 192.0 GB/s for NVIDIA. Both use a 128 bit bus.

Shader resources differ. The AMD part has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. The NVIDIA part has 1792 shading units, 56 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. Ray tracing cores are 32 for AMD versus 14 for NVIDIA. Tensor cores are absent on AMD and present at 56 on NVIDIA. Pixel rate is 156.2 GPixel/s for AMD versus 42.98 GPixel/s for NVIDIA. Texture rate is 312.3 GTexel/s for AMD versus 75.21 GTexel/s for NVIDIA. FP32 performance is 19.99 TFLOPS for AMD versus 4.813 TFLOPS for NVIDIA. FP16 performance is 39.98 TFLOPS (2:1) for AMD versus 4.813 TFLOPS (1:1) for NVIDIA.

Power and physical characteristics differ. The AMD TDP is 130 W versus 45 W for NVIDIA. The AMD slot width is single-slot versus IGP for NVIDIA. The AMD power connector is a single 6-pin versus none for NVIDIA. The AMD suggested PSU is 300 W versus none for NVIDIA. The AMD dimensions are 241 mm by 115 mm, while the NVIDIA part has no recorded dimensions. The AMD display outputs are four DisplayPort 2.1 ports, while the NVIDIA outputs are portable device dependent.

Release and production status differ. The AMD part was released on August 2, 2023 and is Active. The NVIDIA part was released on December 31, 2023 and is End-of-life. The AMD launch MSRP is 599 USD; the NVIDIA part has no launch MSRP recorded. The AMD predecessor is the Radeon Pro Vega; the NVIDIA predecessor is the GeForce 20 Mobile. The AMD codename is Hotpink Bonefish; the NVIDIA part has no codename recorded. The AMD generation is Radeon Pro Navi (Navi III Series); the NVIDIA generation is GeForce 30 Mobile. The bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x8 for both. The API support is identical for both: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.