AMD Radeon PRO W7600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data splits this comparison into two very different profiles. The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 is a workstation-oriented card built around the Navi 33 chip with RDNA 3.0 architecture, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is a Blackwell 2.0 flagship with a much larger silicon footprint. The recorded benchmarks show the NVIDIA card winning both head-to-head tests, but the two cards occupy entirely different performance tiers and use cases.

The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 posts an average benchmark score of 87,108 and sits at the 93rd percentile among all GPUs in the database. That places it above several NVIDIA workstation parts, including the RTX A4500, which trails by 5 percent, and the RTX A4500 Mobile, which is 4.4 percent behind. The Quadro GP100 is effectively tied at 0.4 percent lower, while the CMP 40HX sits 1.7 percent behind. For professional workloads that rely on OpenCL and Vulkan compute, the W7600 holds its own against a wide swath of the NVIDIA mobile and workstation lineup despite having far fewer shading units and less memory bandwidth.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, by contrast, posts an average benchmark score of 56,083 and sits at the 87th percentile. That percentile figure is lower than the AMD card, which reflects how the database aggregates scores across very different test suites. The RTX 5080's nearest rivals in the database are all AMD parts: the Radeon 8060S is 0.6 percent ahead, the RX 6750 GRE 12 GB is 0.7 percent ahead, the Pro W5700X trails by 2.3 percent, and the RX 9070 GRE leads by 2.2 percent. The RTX 5080's raw compute throughput is dramatically higher, but its average score is pulled down by the inclusion of many passmark tests where it records relatively low numbers.

The use-case split is clear. The AMD card is built for sustained professional compute where driver stability and OpenCL performance matter more than raw gaming throughput. The NVIDIA card is a high-end consumer Blackwell part with tensor cores, a larger memory pool, and substantially higher FP32 and FP16 output, which makes it better suited for AI-adjacent workloads and heavy graphics tasks. The W7600 wins no head-to-head tests in the database, but its percentile ranking shows it punches well above its class in the professional segment.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 has an average benchmark score of 87,108, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 has an average score of 56,083. The AMD card also holds a higher percentile ranking at 93 versus 87.

Q: How do the two cards compare in OpenCL performance?

A: In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 scores 235,901 against the AMD Radeon PRO W7600's 81,528. The delta is 65.4 percent in favor of the RTX 5080.

Q: What about Vulkan performance?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 scores 255,450 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the AMD Radeon PRO W7600 scores 92,688. That is a 63.7 percent advantage for the RTX 5080.

Q: Which card has more memory?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with 960.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth.

Q: What are the closest rivals to each card in the database?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7600's nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro GP100 (0.4 percent lower), NVIDIA CMP 40HX (1.7 percent lower), NVIDIA RTX A4500 Mobile (4.4 percent lower), and NVIDIA RTX A4500 (5 percent lower). The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080's nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon 8060S (0.6 percent higher), AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (0.7 percent higher), AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (2.3 percent lower), and AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE (2.2 percent higher).

Q: Do both cards support the same graphics APIs?

A: Yes, both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains two direct head-to-head benchmark comparisons between these cards, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 wins both by a wide margin. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5080 records 235,901 points against the W7600's 81,528. That is a delta of 65.4 percent, meaning the NVIDIA card delivers nearly three times the OpenCL score. The gap is consistent with the underlying hardware: the RTX 5080 has 10,752 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs, while the W7600 has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 64 ROPs.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 5080 scores 255,450 versus the W7600's 92,688, a 63.7 percent advantage. Vulkan performance scales with geometry throughput, memory bandwidth, and driver efficiency. The RTX 5080's 960.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth versus 288.0 GB/s on the AMD card, combined with a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface versus PCIe 4.0 x8, explains much of the gap. The RTX 5080 also has 84 ray tracing cores and 336 tensor cores, while the W7600 has 32 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores at all.

The wins are one-sided in these two tests, but the database's broader picture is more nuanced. The W7600's average score of 87,108 is higher than the RTX 5080's 56,083, which seems contradictory until you account for the different benchmark suites each card was subjected to. The RTX 5080's passmark results include scores of 208 in DirectX 10, 324 in DirectX 11, 151 in DirectX 12, and 389 in DirectX 9, all of which are low relative to its compute scores and drag the average down. The W7600 was measured only in Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan, both of which are compute-heavy and flatter its average. The head-to-head data, where both cards run the same tests, is the more reliable basis for direct comparison.

The FP32 figures reinforce the NVIDIA advantage. The RTX 5080 delivers 56.28 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, while the W7600 delivers 19.99 TFLOPS. The RTX 5080 also maintains a 1:1 FP16 ratio at 56.28 TFLOPS, whereas the W7600 achieves 39.98 TFLOPS FP16 only through a 2:1 ratio. Pixel rate and texture rate also favor the RTX 5080: 293.1 GPixel/s and 879.3 GTexel/s versus 156.2 GPixel/s and 312.3 GTexel/s.

Specification Differences

The two cards diverge sharply on nearly every specification that matters for compute and graphics throughput. The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 is built on the Navi 33 chip with 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 uses the GB203 chip with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die. Transistor density is 65.2 million per mm² for the AMD card and 120.6 million per mm² for the NVIDIA card.

Clock speeds differ as well. The W7600 has a base clock of 1720 MHz and a boost clock of 2440 MHz. The RTX 5080 runs at 2295 MHz base and 2617 MHz boost. Memory clocks are 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective on the W7600 versus 1875 MHz with 30 Gbps effective on the RTX 5080. Memory configuration is also different: 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus for the AMD card, 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus for the NVIDIA card.

The compute units are far apart. The W7600 has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 32 ray tracing cores, with no tensor cores. The RTX 5080 has 10,752 shading units, 336 TMUs, 112 ROPs, 84 ray tracing cores, and 336 tensor cores. Power consumption scales accordingly: the W7600 is rated at 130 W TDP with a single 6-pin connector and a suggested 300 W power supply, while the RTX 5080 draws 360 W, uses a single 16-pin connector, and requires a 750 W power supply.

Physical dimensions differ too. The W7600 is a single-slot card measuring 241 mm in length and 115 mm in height. The RTX 5080 is dual-slot, measuring 304 mm in length, 137 mm in height, and 40 mm in width. The bus interfaces differ: PCIe 4.0 x8 for the AMD card, PCIe 5.0 x16 for the NVIDIA card. Display outputs are similar in count but not identical: the W7600 has four DisplayPort 2.1 outputs, while the RTX 5080 has one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs.

The release dates are about a year and a half apart. The W7600 launched on August 2, 2023, with a launch MSRP of 599 USD. The RTX 5080 launched on January 29, 2025, with a launch MSRP of 999 USD.

Architecture Differences

The architectural split is a story of two different design philosophies. The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 uses RDNA 3.0 architecture on a 6 nm TSMC process, with the codename "Hotpink Bonefish" and a generation label of "Radeon Pro Navi (Navi III Series)." Its predecessor is the Radeon Pro Vega, and it remains in active production with no successor listed. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 uses Blackwell 2.0 architecture on a 5 nm TSMC process, belongs to the GeForce 50-series, and lists the GeForce 40 as its predecessor and GeForce 60 as its successor.

The manufacturing process difference is small in node size but large in density. The 5 nm node on the RTX 5080 packs 120.6 million transistors per mm², nearly double the 65.2 million per mm² of the 6 nm W7600. That density advantage, combined with a much larger die, gives the RTX 5080 more than three times the transistor count: 45,600 million versus 13,300 million.

The memory architecture is fundamentally different. The W7600 uses GDDR6 with an 18 Gbps effective data rate, while the RTX 5080 uses GDDR7 at 30 Gbps effective. The bus width doubles from 128 bit to 256 bit, and the bandwidth jumps from 288.0 GB/s to 960.0 GB/s. The RTX 5080 also doubles the memory capacity from 8 GB to 16 GB.

The compute feature set diverges most notably in tensor and ray tracing hardware. The RTX 5080 includes 336 tensor cores, which the W7600 lacks entirely. This makes the NVIDIA card substantially better suited for machine learning inference and training workloads. Ray tracing hardware also scales up: 84 RT cores on the RTX 5080 versus 32 on the W7600. Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API compatibility is not a differentiator.

The FP16 ratio reveals another architectural difference. The W7600 achieves FP16 performance at a 2:1 ratio relative to FP32, meaning it halves the rate for half-precision work. The RTX 5080 runs FP16 at a 1:1 ratio, matching its FP32 throughput exactly at 56.28 TFLOPS. That is a significant advantage for workloads that mix FP32 and FP16 operations, since the NVIDIA card does not sacrifice throughput when switching precision. The W7600's FP16 figure of 39.98 TFLOPS is still high in absolute terms, but it requires the 2:1 ratio to reach that number, and its FP32 ceiling of 19.99 TFLOPS is less than half the RTX 5080's.

The power delivery architecture also reflects the performance gap. The W7600 is a 130 W single-slot card with a 6-pin connector, suitable for compact workstations. The RTX 5080 is a 360 W dual-slot card with a 16-pin connector, requiring a much larger power supply. The suggested PSU rating scales from 300 W to 750 W. The dimensions follow the same trend: the W7600 fits in a 241 mm chassis, while the RTX 5080 needs 304 mm of clearance and 40 mm of slot width. These are not interchangeable cards in terms of system integration, and the choice between them depends heavily on the chassis, power budget, and workload mix.