AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 vs NVIDIA RTX A1000 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data includes two shared benchmark tests between the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 and the NVIDIA RTX A1000, and in both cases the NVIDIA card takes a decisive victory. Starting with Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX A1000 scores 52,078 points against the WX 7100’s 40,148 points. That works out to a 22.9% deficit for the AMD card relative to the NVIDIA offering. The gap is substantial and consistent, suggesting the RTX A1000 holds a clear compute advantage in this workload.

Moving to Geekbench Vulkan, the pattern repeats but with a slightly smaller margin. The RTX A1000 posts 49,574 points, while the WX 7100 manages 39,683 points. That is a 20% difference in favor of NVIDIA. Interestingly, the Vulkan result for the AMD card sits close to its OpenCL score, while the NVIDIA card drops from 52,078 to 49,574 across the two APIs. Even so, the RTX A1000 remains comfortably ahead in both.

The aggregate benchmark data reinforces this narrative. The WX 7100 has an average benchmark score of 40,063 across all recorded tests, placing it in the 82nd percentile of all GPUs in the database. The RTX A1000, by contrast, shows an average of 34,207 but still lands in the 79th percentile. This apparent contradiction is explained by the fact that the RTX A1000’s average is pulled down by a very different test set: its three recorded benchmarks include a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 result of 969 points, which is far lower than its Geekbench scores. The WX 7100’s three benchmarks are all Geekbench variants, and they cluster tightly between 39,683 and 40,357.

Looking at the nearest rivals in the database, the WX 7100’s average of 40,063 is 1.3% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (39,568) and the AMD Radeon Pro 575 (39,555). It sits 0.8% behind the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (40,377) and 0.6% behind the AMD Radeon Pro 580 (40,318). The RTX A1000’s average of 34,207 is 0.2% ahead of the NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB (34,154) and the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT (34,133), while trailing the NVIDIA TITAN V (34,355) by 0.4% and leading the AMD Radeon RX 480 (33,997) by 0.6%. These rival positions show that the RTX A1000, despite its lower average, competes in a different performance tier when the 3DMark result is excluded.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different architectural generations and foundries. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 uses the Ellesmere chip built on GCN 4.0 architecture, manufactured on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It packs 5,700 million transistors into a 232 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 24.6 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA RTX A1000 uses the GA107 chip on the Ampere architecture, built on an 8 nm process at Samsung. It holds 8,700 million transistors in a 200 mm² die, giving a density of 43.5 million per square millimeter. The density difference is stark: NVIDIA crams roughly 77% more transistors into a smaller area, which reflects the newer manufacturing node.

Both cards share the same shading unit count at 2,304, and both have 32 ROPs. However, the texture mapping units differ significantly: the WX 7100 has 144 TMUs, while the RTX A1000 has only 72. This explains why the AMD card achieves a texture rate of 179.0 GTexel/s versus the NVIDIA card’s 105.3 GTexel/s. The pixel rate flips the other way: the RTX A1000 reaches 46.78 GPixel/s against the WX 7100’s 39.78 GPixel/s, driven by the NVIDIA card’s higher boost clock.

Clock behavior also differs markedly. The WX 7100 runs at a base clock of 1188 MHz and boosts to 1243 MHz. The RTX A1000 has a much lower base of 727 MHz but boosts to 1462 MHz, a 135 MHz advantage over the AMD card’s boost. This aggressive boost curve helps the NVIDIA card reach higher FP32 performance: 6.737 TFLOPS versus 5.728 TFLOPS, a 17.6% lead. Both cards offer FP16 at a 1:1 ratio with FP32, so the same gap applies there.

Memory configurations show a trade-off. The WX 7100 uses 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX A1000 also has 8 GB, but uses GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, capping bandwidth at 192.0 GB/s. The AMD card wins on bandwidth by 16.7%, while the NVIDIA card wins on memory technology. The RTX A1000 includes 18 ray tracing cores and 72 tensor cores, features absent from the GCN 4.0 design. The WX 7100 has no direct equivalents for these accelerators.

The power envelope is a major differentiator. The WX 7100 carries a 130 W TDP and requires a 1x 6-pin power connector, with a suggested 300 W power supply. The RTX A1000 draws only 50 W, needs no power connector, and suggests a 250 W PSU. This makes the NVIDIA card far easier to integrate into low-power systems. The bus interface also differs: the WX 7100 uses PCIe 3.0 x16, while the RTX A1000 uses PCIe 4.0 x8. The newer PCIe 4.0 standard provides more bandwidth per lane, but the x8 link halves the lane count.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 records an average benchmark score of 40,063, compared to the NVIDIA RTX A1000’s 34,207. However, the two cards were tested with different benchmark suites, so this comparison is not direct.

Q: How large is the RTX A1000’s lead in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The RTX A1000 scores 52,078 in Geekbench OpenCL, which is 22.9% higher than the WX 7100’s 40,148.

Q: Does the WX 7100 have any benchmark where it wins?

A: No. Across the two shared head-to-head tests, the RTX A1000 wins both. The WX 7100 wins zero tests in the head-to-head comparison.

Q: Which card has more texture mapping units?

A: The WX 7100 has 144 TMUs, double the RTX A1000’s 72 TMUs. This gives the AMD card a texture rate of 179.0 GTexel/s versus 105.3 GTexel/s.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The WX 7100 has a 130 W TDP and needs a 6-pin power connector. The RTX A1000 has a 50 W TDP and requires no power connector.

Q: Which card supports ray tracing cores?

A: Only the RTX A1000 includes 18 ray tracing cores. The WX 7100 has no ray tracing hardware.

The Verdict

The data points to a clear split based on workload type and system constraints. The NVIDIA RTX A1000 dominates in compute-heavy Geekbench tests, winning OpenCL by 22.9% and Vulkan by 20%. It also offers modern features like ray tracing cores and tensor cores, along with a dramatically lower 50 W TDP that requires no external power. For users running general-purpose compute or Vulkan-based applications, the RTX A1000 is the better choice by a wide margin.

The AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100, however, retains advantages in raw texture throughput and memory bandwidth. Its 179.0 GTexel/s texture rate is 70% higher than the RTX A1000’s 105.3 GTexel/s, and its 224.0 GB/s memory bandwidth exceeds the NVIDIA card’s 192.0 GB/s by 16.7%. These traits favor texture-heavy rendering workloads where the AMD card’s wider bus and larger TMU count matter. Its average benchmark score of 40,063 also places it in the 82nd percentile versus the RTX A1000’s 79th, although the test sets differ.

The RTX A1000’s 6.737 TFLOPS FP32 performance outpaces the WX 7100’s 5.728 TFLOPS, and its pixel rate of 46.78 GPixel/s beats 39.78 GPixel/s. The NVIDIA card also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the AMD card only reaches DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3. For modern graphics APIs and ray-traced workloads, the RTX A1000 is the more future-proof option.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 | NVIDIA RTX A1000 |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Ampere |

| Process node | 14 nm | 8 nm |

| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | Samsung |

| Transistors | 5,700 million | 8,700 million |

| Die size | 232 mm² | 200 mm² |

| Transistor density | 24.6M / mm² | 43.5M / mm² |

| Base clock | 1188 MHz | 727 MHz |

| Boost clock | 1243 MHz | 1462 MHz |

| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |

| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 128 bit |

| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 192.0 GB/s |

| TMUs | 144 | 72 |

| RT cores | None | 18 |

| Tensor cores | None | 72 |

| Pixel rate | 39.78 GPixel/s | 46.78 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 179.0 GTexel/s | 105.3 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 5.728 TFLOPS | 6.737 TFLOPS |

| TDP | 130 W | 50 W |

| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |

| Suggested PSU | 300 W | 250 W |

| Bus interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |

| Display outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a |

| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |

| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |

| Length | 241 mm | 163 mm |

| Height | 112 mm | 69 mm |

| Production status | End-of-life | Active |

| Release date | 2016-11-09 | 2024-04-15 |

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA RTX A1000 wins in every head-to-head benchmark recorded. Its 52,078 OpenCL score and 49,574 Vulkan score put it 22.9% and 20% ahead of the WX 7100, respectively. It also wins on FP32 compute (6.737 TFLOPS), pixel rate (46.78 GPixel/s), and boost clock (1462 MHz). The inclusion of 18 ray tracing cores and 72 tensor cores gives it capabilities the AMD card simply lacks. Its 50 W power draw, lack of power connectors, and compact 163 mm length make it far more flexible for small-form-factor or low-power systems. The newer 8 nm process and 43.5M / mm² transistor density indicate a more modern design.

The AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 wins on texture throughput with 179.0 GTexel/s, a 70% advantage over the RTX A1000. Its 224.0 GB/s memory bandwidth is 16.7% higher, and its 256-bit bus provides twice the memory interface width. The 144 TMUs give it a clear edge in texture-heavy workloads. It also has a higher average benchmark score (40,063) and sits in the 82nd percentile versus the RTX A1000’s 79th, though this is skewed by the different benchmark selections. Its 14 nm node and older GCN 4.0 architecture are less efficient, but the card remains viable for tasks that prioritize texture fill and memory bandwidth over compute throughput.

For users choosing between the two, the decision hinges on workload. Compute, ray tracing, and modern API support point firmly to the RTX A1000. Texture-bound rendering and high-bandwidth memory access favor the WX 7100, despite its end-of-life status and higher power requirements.