AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The benchmark data presents a decisive outcome in this comparison. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER wins both recorded head-to-head tests, leaving the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 without a single victory in the shared benchmark suite. The only overlapping tests are Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan, and in both cases the NVIDIA card is dramatically faster.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4080 SUPER scores 219,065 against the WX 8200’s 69,774. That represents a delta of -68.1% for the AMD card, meaning the NVIDIA part is more than three times faster in raw compute throughput. The RTX 4080 SUPER’s score is roughly 3.1 times higher, a gap that reflects the architectural gulf between a 2018 workstation GPU and a 2024 consumer flagship.

The Vulkan results are even more lopsided. The RTX 4080 SUPER posts 260,075, while the WX 8200 manages 69,076. The delta here is -73.4% for AMD, meaning the NVIDIA card is approximately 3.8 times faster. Vulkan is a low-overhead API that often rewards modern hardware with better driver optimization and more efficient scheduling, and the data shows the Ada Lovelace architecture leveraging that advantage to a massive degree.

Looking at the broader database averages, the picture becomes more nuanced. The WX 8200’s average benchmark score is 69,870, which places it in the 90th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro P6000 at 69,986 (a -0.2% delta), the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile at 70,140 (-0.4%), and the AMD Radeon RX 6600 LE at 70,829 (-1.4%). The WX 8200 also edges out the NVIDIA CMP 90HX by 1.3%. This is a tightly clustered group, suggesting the WX 8200 sits at a competitive performance tier for its generation.

The RTX 4080 SUPER, by contrast, has an average score of 54,209, which puts it in the 86th percentile. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 at 54,247 (-0.1%), the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X at 54,828 (-1.1%), the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB at 55,698 (-2.7%), and the AMD Radeon 8060S at 55,757 (-2.8%). The RTX 4080 SUPER is essentially at parity with the RTX 4080, trailing by only 0.1%, and sits slightly behind the AMD Radeon 8060S. This cluster indicates that the RTX 4080 SUPER’s average is dragged down by its inclusion of older DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 tests, where it scores very low (381 and 193 respectively), while its modern API scores are far higher.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 wins in the legacy and workstation-oriented compute space, at least relative to its own era. Its Geekbench Metal score is 70,759, which is its highest recorded benchmark, and its OpenCL and Vulkan scores are 69,774 and 69,076 respectively. These three scores are remarkably consistent, within a 1.7% spread, indicating that the GCN 5.0 architecture delivers uniform performance across different compute APIs. For a professional user working with OpenCL workloads on a 2018-era platform, the WX 8200 offers predictable, stable throughput. Its 8 GB of HBM2 memory with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth is a workstation-oriented configuration, and the 2048-bit bus provides high bandwidth for memory-intensive tasks.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER wins decisively in every shared benchmark, and its advantages extend to modern API performance. The Vulkan score of 260,075 is the standout, and the OpenCL score of 219,065 is similarly strong. The card’s PassMark results show a different pattern: DirectX 9 scores 381, DirectX 10 scores 193, DirectX 11 scores 301, DirectX 12 scores 134, G2D scores 1,270, G3D scores 34,245, and GPU compute scores 19,822. The G3D score of 34,245 is particularly notable, indicating strong rasterization performance in modern DirectX titles. The GPU compute score of 19,822 shows that the card is also capable in compute workloads, though the Geekbench scores suggest that its real strength lies in newer, more parallel-friendly APIs.

The WX 8200’s strongest relative position is in the average benchmark comparison against its own rivals, where it holds a 90th percentile ranking. The RTX 4080 SUPER, despite its massive wins in the head-to-head tests, sits at the 86th percentile due to its broader benchmark suite. This means that in a mixed workload environment including older DirectX versions, the WX 8200’s consistency can make it appear more balanced, even though the RTX 4080 SUPER is far faster in any modern test.

Architecture Differences

The two cards represent fundamentally different design philosophies separated by roughly five years of silicon evolution. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 uses the Vega 10 chip built on GCN 5.0 architecture, fabricated on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It contains 12,500 million transistors on a 495 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 25.3 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER uses the AD103 chip built on Ada Lovelace architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It packs 45,900 million transistors into a 379 mm² die, achieving a transistor density of 121.1 million per square millimeter. That density advantage is nearly 5 times higher, which explains how NVIDIA fits so much more compute into a smaller physical package.

The compute resources diverge sharply. The WX 8200 has 3,584 shading units, 224 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. The RTX 4080 SUPER has 10,240 shading units, 320 TMUs, and 112 ROPs. The NVIDIA card more than doubles the shading unit count and nearly doubles the ROP count. Critically, the RTX 4080 SUPER includes 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores, while the WX 8200 has none of either. This is a generational feature gap: ray tracing and tensor acceleration are simply absent from the AMD part.

Clock speeds tell a similar story. The WX 8200 runs at a base of 1200 MHz and a boost of 1500 MHz. The RTX 4080 SUPER runs at a base of 2295 MHz and a boost of 2550 MHz. The higher clocks, combined with the larger shader count, produce a massive theoretical throughput difference. The WX 8200’s FP32 rate is 10.75 TFLOPS, while the RTX 4080 SUPER reaches 52.22 TFLOPS. The FP16 comparison is also stark: the WX 8200 offers 21.50 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, while the RTX 4080 SUPER offers 52.22 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio. This means the NVIDIA card does not rely on reduced precision for its FP16 performance; it delivers the same throughput at both precisions.

Memory architecture is another major differentiator. The WX 8200 uses 8 GB of HBM2 on a 2048-bit bus, with memory clocked at 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective) and a bandwidth of 512.0 GB/s. The RTX 4080 SUPER uses 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, with memory clocked at 1438 MHz (23 Gbps effective) and a bandwidth of 736.3 GB/s. The NVIDIA card offers double the capacity and 43% more bandwidth despite having a bus that is one-eighth the width. The higher memory clock compensates for the narrower bus, and GDDR6X is a far newer technology than HBM2.

The process node advantage is also visible in power characteristics. The WX 8200 has a TDP of 230 W and requires a 550 W power supply, while the RTX 4080 SUPER has a TDP of 320 W and requires a 700 W power supply. The NVIDIA card consumes more power but delivers far more performance per watt, a direct consequence of the 5 nm process. The WX 8200 uses a dual-slot cooler with 1x 6-pin and 1x 8-pin power connectors, while the RTX 4080 SUPER uses a triple-slot cooler with a single 16-pin connector.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 has an average benchmark score of 69,870, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER has an average of 54,209. The WX 8200 also holds a higher percentile ranking at 90th versus the RTX 4080 SUPER’s 86th.

Q: What is the largest performance gap in the head-to-head tests?

A: The largest gap is in Geekbench Vulkan, where the RTX 4080 SUPER scores 260,075 against the WX 8200’s 69,076, a delta of -73.4%. The RTX 4080 SUPER is roughly 3.8 times faster in that test.

Q: Does the AMD card have any ray tracing or tensor cores?

A: No. The WX 8200 has no RT cores and no tensor cores. The RTX 4080 SUPER has 80 RT cores and 320 tensor cores.

Q: How do the memory configurations compare?

A: The WX 8200 has 8 GB of HBM2 on a 2048-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 4080 SUPER has 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus with 736.3 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which card supports a newer PCIe interface?

A: The RTX 4080 SUPER supports PCIe 4.0 x16, while the WX 8200 uses PCIe 3.0 x16.

Q: What is the FP32 performance difference?

A: The WX 8200 delivers 10.75 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, while the RTX 4080 SUPER delivers 52.22 TFLOPS, a nearly fivefold difference.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER |

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

| Architecture | GCN 5.0 | Ada Lovelace |

| Process Node | 14 nm | 5 nm |

| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |

| Transistors | 12,500 million | 45,900 million |

| Die Size | 495 mm² | 379 mm² |

| Base Clock | 1200 MHz | 2295 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 1500 MHz | 2550 MHz |

| Memory Size | 8 GB | 16 GB |

| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR6X |

| Memory Bus | 2048 bit | 256 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 736.3 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 3,584 | 10,240 |

| TMUs | 224 | 320 |

| ROPs | 64 | 112 |

| RT Cores | None | 80 |

| Tensor Cores | None | 320 |

| FP32 Performance | 10.75 TFLOPS | 52.22 TFLOPS |

| FP16 Performance | 21.50 TFLOPS (2:1) | 52.22 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 230 W | 320 W |

| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 16-pin |

| Suggested PSU | 550 W | 700 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |

| DirectX Support | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |

| Vulkan Support | 1.3 | 1.4 |

| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Triple-slot |

| Length | 267 mm | 310 mm |

| Height | 111 mm | 140 mm |

| Release Date | 2018-08-12 | 2024-01-30 |