AMD Radeon PRO W7700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains a single directly comparable benchmark between the AMD Radeon PRO W7700 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile. In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the AMD Radeon PRO W7700 records a score of 108245, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile records 52998. The AMD part wins this test by 104.2%, a decisive margin that places it roughly twice as fast in raw compute performance under OpenCL. This is the only head-to-head measurement available, so the comparison rests heavily on this single result, but the gap is substantial enough to define the relationship between the two cards.

The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 also holds a broader average benchmark score of 118976 across its recorded tests, which includes a Geekbench Vulkan result of 129706. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile, by contrast, shows an average benchmark score of 8746, a figure derived from multiple Passmark tests including DirectX 9 (152), DirectX 10 (61), DirectX 11 (94), DirectX 12 (55), G2D (526), G3D (11664), and GPU compute (4419). The disparity between the average scores is enormous, but the averages are not directly comparable because the test suites differ. The head-to-head OpenCL result remains the cleanest evidence of performance hierarchy.

Looking at the percentile rankings, the AMD Radeon PRO W7700 sits in the 95th percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile sits in the 44th percentile. That 51-percentile gap places the AMD part firmly in the upper tier of recorded hardware, whereas the NVIDIA mobile part falls below the median. The nearest rivals for the AMD card include the NVIDIA GB10 with an average score of 117393 (1.3% lower), the NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation at 117088 (1.6% lower), the NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB at 114395 (4% lower), and the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile at 113944 (4.4% lower). For the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile, the nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 at 8743 (0% difference), the NVIDIA Quadro P2200 at 8686 (0.7% lower), the AMD Radeon R9 M265X at 8851 (1.2% higher), and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 at 8863 (1.3% higher). These rival clusters show that each card competes in a very different performance tier.

The AMD Radeon PRO W7700's OpenCL advantage over the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile is larger than its advantage over any of its nearest rivals. Against the RTX A5500 Mobile, a professional laptop GPU with a 4.4% lower average score, the W7700 is only marginally ahead. Against the RTX 3050 A Mobile, the delta is over 100%. This indicates that the RTX 3050 A Mobile is not a professional workstation part in the same class; it sits alongside much older or lower-end GPUs like the GTX 460 v2 and the Quadro P2200. The data shows a clear stratification: the W7700 belongs to a high-performance workstation tier, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile belongs to an entry-level mobile tier.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the Geekbench OpenCL benchmark?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 scores 108245, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile scores 52998. The AMD part wins by 104.2%.

Q: How do the average benchmark scores compare?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 has an average benchmark score of 118976, whereas the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has an average score of 8746. The W7700 also records a Geekbench Vulkan score of 129706.

Q: What is the percentile ranking of each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 ranks in the 95th percentile of all GPUs in the database. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile ranks in the 44th percentile.

Q: Which GPUs are closest in performance to the AMD Radeon PRO W7700?

A: The nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GB10 (average score 117393, 1.3% lower), the NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation (117088, 1.6% lower), the NVIDIA Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB (114395, 4% lower), and the NVIDIA RTX A5500 Mobile (113944, 4.4% lower).

Q: Which GPUs are closest in performance to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile?

A: The nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 (average score 8743, 0% difference), the NVIDIA Quadro P2200 (8686, 0.7% lower), the AMD Radeon R9 M265X (8851, 1.2% higher), and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 (8863, 1.3% higher).

Q: How many benchmark wins does each GPU have in the head-to-head comparison?

A: The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 has 1 win, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has 0 wins.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 uses the Navi 32 chip built on RDNA 3.0 architecture, with the codename Wheat Nas. It belongs to the Radeon Pro Navi generation (Navi III Series). The process node is 5 nm at TSMC, with 28,100 million transistors on a 346 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 81.2M per mm². The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile uses the GA106 chip built on Ampere architecture, part of the GeForce 30 Mobile generation. It uses an 8 nm process at Samsung, with 12,000 million transistors on a 276 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 43.5M per mm². The AMD part uses a newer, denser manufacturing process with more than double the transistor count.

The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 has 3072 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, 96 raster operation units, and 48 ray tracing cores. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has 1792 shading units, 56 texture mapping units, 32 raster operation units, 14 ray tracing cores, and 56 tensor cores. The NVIDIA part includes tensor cores, which the AMD part does not list, but the AMD part has far more shading units, TMUs, ROPs, and RT cores. The FP32 throughput for the AMD card is 31.95 TFLOPS, with FP16 at 63.90 TFLOPS (2:1). The NVIDIA card delivers 4.813 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 (1:1). This means the AMD card has roughly 6.6 times the FP32 throughput and over 13 times the FP16 throughput.

Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API feature parity exists. The AMD card uses a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, while the NVIDIA card uses PCIe 4.0 x8. The AMD card has a dual-slot form factor and a 1x 8-pin power connector, whereas the NVIDIA card is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no power connectors, reflecting its mobile design. The AMD card's display outputs are 4x DisplayPort 2.1, while the NVIDIA card's display outputs are listed as "Portable Device Dependent," meaning they vary by laptop implementation.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification field. The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 has a base clock of 1900 MHz and a boost clock of 2600 MHz, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has a base clock of 1065 MHz and a boost clock of 1343 MHz. Memory clocks also differ: the AMD card runs at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective, the NVIDIA card at 1500 MHz with 12 Gbps effective.

Memory capacity and bandwidth show a large gap. The AMD card has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 576.0 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA card has 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 192.0 GB/s bandwidth. The AMD card offers four times the capacity and three times the bandwidth. Pixel rate and texture rate follow the same pattern: the AMD card achieves 249.6 GPixel/s and 499.2 GTexel/s, while the NVIDIA card achieves 42.98 GPixel/s and 75.21 GTexel/s.

The AMD card has a TDP of 190 W with a suggested PSU of 450 W, while the NVIDIA card has a TDP of 45 W and no suggested PSU listed. The AMD card measures 241 mm in length and 111 mm in height, while the NVIDIA card has no listed dimensions. The AMD card was released on 2023-11-12 with a launch MSRP of 999 USD, while the NVIDIA card was released on 2023-12-31 with no launch MSRP recorded. The NVIDIA card has a production status of "End-of-life," while the AMD card's production status is not listed. The predecessor for the AMD card is the Radeon Pro Vega, and for the NVIDIA card it is the GeForce 20 Mobile. Neither card has a successor listed.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 wins decisively in raw compute performance. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 108245 versus 52998 shows a 104.2% advantage, and the Vulkan score of 129706 further indicates strong API-level performance. The 16 GB memory capacity and 576.0 GB/s bandwidth make it suited for large data sets and high-resolution workloads. The 95th percentile ranking places it among the top GPUs in the database, with nearest rivals in the professional workstation segment. Its 32.95 TFLOPS FP32 and 63.90 TFLOPS FP16 classify it as a high-throughput compute device.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile wins in power efficiency and physical integration. Its 45 W TDP is drastically lower than the 190 W TDP of the AMD card, and its IGP form factor with no power connectors means it can be soldered into laptops without additional cooling or power delivery. The 44th percentile ranking places it near older desktop GPUs like the GTX 460 v2 and the Quadro P2200, which suggests it competes in the entry-level segment. The presence of 56 tensor cores gives it a feature that the AMD card lacks, which may matter for certain workloads that use tensor operations, though the benchmark data does not include specific tensor tests.

The AMD card wins on memory bandwidth by a factor of three (576.0 GB/s versus 192.0 GB/s), on texture rate by a factor of over six (499.2 GTexel/s versus 75.21 GTexel/s), and on pixel rate by a factor of nearly six (249.6 GPixel/s versus 42.98 GPixel/s). The NVIDIA card wins on TDP by a factor of over four (45 W versus 190 W) and on physical size, since it has no listed dimensions and uses an IGP slot width.

The Verdict

The recorded data shows a clear performance hierarchy. The AMD Radeon PRO W7700 outperforms the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile by 104.2% in the only shared benchmark, and it holds a 95th percentile ranking versus the NVIDIA card's 44th percentile. The AMD card also has 16 GB of memory versus 4 GB, 576.0 GB/s bandwidth versus 192.0 GB/s, and a boost clock of 2600 MHz versus 1343 MHz. For any compute-intensive task that relies on OpenCL, Vulkan, FP32, or FP16 throughput, the AMD card is the stronger choice by a wide margin.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile is a low-power mobile part with a 45 W TDP, an IGP form factor, and no power connectors. Its nearest rivals are older or entry-level GPUs such as the GTX 460 v2 and the Quadro P2200, which indicates it belongs to a different performance class entirely. Its 4 GB memory capacity and 192.0 GB/s bandwidth limit its ability to handle large workloads, and its FP32 throughput of 4.813 TFLOPS is less than one-sixth of the AMD card's 31.95 TFLOPS. The only advantages the NVIDIA card holds are power consumption, physical integration, and the presence of tensor cores.

For a workstation GPU intended for professional rendering, compute, or large-memory workloads, the AMD Radeon PRO W7700 is the obvious choice based on the data. Its 16 GB VRAM, 576.0 GB/s bandwidth, and 95th percentile ranking support demanding applications. For a thin-and-light laptop where power draw and physical space are the primary constraints, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile offers a functional entry-level solution, but the benchmark results confirm it cannot match the AMD card in raw performance. The verdict from the database is unambiguous: the AMD Radeon PRO W7700 is the superior performer in every measured compute metric.