AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q Comparison

The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q represent two extremes of the professional GPU spectrum, separated by six years of architectural evolution and a massive gulf in intended workload. The data reveals a curious statistical anomaly: in their respective primary benchmark tests, both cards land at nearly identical average scores—11,228 for the AMD and 11,088 for the NVIDIA—placing them both at the 50th percentile of all GPUs. This near-parity in raw numbers, however, masks a fundamental divergence in what each card is designed to accomplish, as the benchmarks themselves measure entirely different capabilities.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The direct comparison is complicated by the fact that no shared benchmark appears in the data. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200’s sole recorded result comes from Geekbench OpenCL, where it scores 11,228 points. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q’s only benchmark is 3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12), where it scores 11,088 points. When the two cards appear in each other’s nearestRivals lists, the data shows the AMD holding a 1.3% advantage over the NVIDIA in terms of average score—a delta of 1.3 points essentially. This is a statistical curiosity rather than a performance verdict, as the workloads are not comparable.

The nearestRivals data for the AMD card places the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q at an average score of 11,088, which is 1.3% lower than the AMD’s 11,228. Conversely, the NVIDIA card’s nearestRivals list shows the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 with an average score of 11,228, representing a -1.2% delta from the NVIDIA’s perspective. This reciprocal relationship suggests that in a purely synthetic, cross-benchmark sense, the two cards are within statistical noise of each other—yet the underlying hardware specifications could not be more different.

The AMD’s closest rival in its own list is the AMD FirePro W4300, scoring 11,225 with a 0% delta, indicating that the WX 3200 is essentially the same performance tier as its direct predecessor. The NVIDIA card’s nearest rival is the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q, scoring identically at 11,088 with a 0% delta, confirming that the "D" variant offers no performance difference in this test. The AMD card also edges out the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M by 0.3%, while the NVIDIA card beats the AMD Radeon RX 550 by 0.1% and the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER by 0.4%.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 wins in the context of legacy compatibility and low-power deployment. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 11,228 is its only data point, and it outperforms the NVIDIA card by 1.3% in that specific metric. The AMD card also wins on physical footprint: it is a single-slot design at 167 mm in length and 69 mm in height, with no external power connectors required, drawing only 65 W TDP. This makes it suitable for systems with a 250 W suggested PSU, a stark contrast to the NVIDIA’s requirements.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q wins on every conceivable measure of raw computational throughput. Its FP32 performance of 110.1 TFLOPS is 66 times higher than the AMD’s 1.658 TFLOPS, a difference so vast that it represents different product categories entirely. The NVIDIA card also dominates in memory: 96 GB of GDDR7 versus 4 GB of GDDR5, with a 512-bit bus delivering 1.79 TB/s of bandwidth compared to the AMD’s 128-bit bus at 96.00 GB/s. The pixel rate of 439.3 GPixel/s versus 20.72 GPixel/s, and texture rate of 1,720.6 GTexel/s versus 41.44 GTexel/s, further cement the NVIDIA’s dominance in rendering tasks.

The NVIDIA card wins on modern API support, featuring DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the AMD card is limited to DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3. The NVIDIA card also includes 188 RT cores and 752 tensor cores, hardware that the AMD card lacks entirely, making ray tracing and AI-accelerated workloads possible only on the NVIDIA solution.

FAQ

Q: How do the two cards compare in terms of raw compute performance?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q delivers 110.1 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, which is approximately 66 times higher than the AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200’s 1.658 TFLOPS. The NVIDIA card also offers 110.1 TFLOPS of FP16 performance at a 1:1 ratio, while the AMD card provides the same 1.658 TFLOPS for both FP16 and FP32.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The AMD card features 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 128-bit bus with 96.00 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA card features 96 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth—a 24-fold increase in capacity and roughly 18.6 times the bandwidth.

Q: Are these cards comparable in any benchmark?

A: The data shows no shared benchmark between the two. The AMD card’s Geekbench OpenCL score of 11,228 is 1.3% higher than the NVIDIA card’s 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 11,088, but these tests measure different workloads and cannot be directly compared.

Q: What are the power and physical requirements?

A: The AMD card has a 65 W TDP, is single-slot, has no power connectors, and requires a 250 W suggested PSU. The NVIDIA card has a 300 W TDP, is dual-slot, uses a single 16-pin connector, and requires a 700 W suggested PSU.

Q: Which card supports ray tracing?

A: Only the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q supports ray tracing, with 188 dedicated RT cores. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 has no RT core count listed in the data.

Q: What is the production status of each card?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 is listed as end-of-life, released on 2019-07-01. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q is listed as active, released on 2025-03-17.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every measurable specification. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 uses a Polaris 23 chip on a 14 nm process from GlobalFoundries, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q uses a GB202 chip on a 5 nm process from TSMC. Transistor counts are 2,200 million versus 92,200 million, and die sizes are 103 mm² versus 750 mm² respectively.

Clock speeds differ significantly: the AMD card lists no base or boost clock, only a memory clock of 1500 MHz (6 Gbps effective), while the NVIDIA card has a base clock of 1590 MHz, boost clock of 2288 MHz, and memory clock of 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). The shading unit count is 640 versus 24,064, TMUs are 32 versus 752, and ROPs are 16 versus 192.

Memory specifications are entirely different: 4 GB GDDR5 versus 96 GB GDDR7, 128-bit versus 512-bit bus, and 96.00 GB/s versus 1.79 TB/s bandwidth. The bus interface also differs: PCIe 3.0 x8 for the AMD card versus PCIe 5.0 x16 for the NVIDIA card. Display outputs are 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a versus 4x DisplayPort 2.1b.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap is generational. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200 is built on GCN 4.0 architecture, part of the Radeon Pro Polaris generation, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q uses Blackwell 2.0 architecture from the Blackwell PRO W generation. The process node differs dramatically: 14 nm from GlobalFoundries versus 5 nm from TSMC.

The NVIDIA card introduces hardware features that the AMD card simply does not have: 188 RT cores for ray tracing and 752 tensor cores for AI processing. The AMD card has no such dedicated units. The transistor density also reflects the manufacturing advantage: 21.4M transistors per mm² for the AMD card versus 122.9M per mm² for the NVIDIA card.

API support differs, with the AMD card supporting DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3, while the NVIDIA card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4. Both support OpenGL 4.6. The physical dimensions reflect the performance class: the AMD card is 167 mm long, 69 mm high, and single-slot, while the NVIDIA card is 267 mm long, 111 mm high, 40 mm wide, and dual-slot.

The Verdict

The data presents a clear choice based on workload requirements. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200, with its 65 W TDP, single-slot design, and no power connectors, is suited for basic professional graphics tasks in compact or legacy systems where power delivery and physical space are constrained. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 11,228 places it in the same performance tier as its predecessor, the AMD FirePro W4300, and it outperforms the NVIDIA card by 1.3% in that specific test. However, its 4 GB memory and 1.658 TFLOPS FP32 performance limit it to light to moderate workloads.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000D Blackwell Max-Q is the clear choice for compute-intensive, modern workloads. Its 110.1 TFLOPS FP32 performance, 96 GB of GDDR7 memory, and 1.79 TB/s bandwidth enable tasks that are simply impossible on the AMD card. The inclusion of RT cores and tensor cores means the NVIDIA card can handle ray tracing and AI-accelerated workflows that the AMD card cannot. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 11,088, while numerically similar to the AMD’s OpenCL score, represents a far more demanding modern rendering test.

The choice between these two cards is not about performance parity—it is about capability. The AMD card wins on efficiency and simplicity, while the NVIDIA card wins on raw power and future-proofing. For users with legacy software or constrained systems, the AMD card offers a functional baseline. For anyone needing maximum compute, memory capacity, or modern API support, the NVIDIA card is the only option that meets those requirements. The 1.3% benchmark delta between them is a statistical artifact of comparing different tests, not an indicator of equivalent real-world performance.