AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 vs NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a decisive performance gap between these two workstation cards. The NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation wins both shared benchmark tests, and the margins are substantial. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4500 scores 160,786 against 69,774 for the Radeon Pro WX 8200, a 130.4% advantage. That is more than double the raw compute output in a general-purpose compute workload. The Vulkan result is even more lopsided: 171,401 versus 69,076, a 148.1% lead for the NVIDIA card.

These are not marginal wins. The RTX 4500 nearly triples the WX 8200's Vulkan score, and it more than doubles the OpenCL score. The delta percentages reflect a generational chasm rather than a close contest. For context, the RTX 4500's average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 166,094, while the WX 8200 averages 69,870. The NVIDIA card sits in the 97th percentile of all GPUs in the database; the AMD card sits in the 90th percentile. That percentile gap, while smaller than the raw score gap, still places these cards in different tiers of overall performance.

The only benchmark where the AMD card has a recorded result and the NVIDIA card does not is Geekbench Metal, where the WX 8200 scores 70,759. That test is Apple-specific and not applicable to the NVIDIA card's driver stack, so it does not factor into the head-to-head comparison. The database records two shared tests, and the NVIDIA card wins both: 2 wins for the RTX 4500, 0 wins for the WX 8200.

Looking at the nearest rivals for each card reinforces the story. The RTX 4500's closest competitor is the AMD Radeon PRO W7800, which scores 164,894, a 0.7% difference. The NVIDIA RTX A5500 scores 165,217, just 0.5% behind the RTX 4500. The AMD Radeon Pro W6900X scores 168,574, which is 1.5% ahead. The NVIDIA A100 PCIe 40 GB scores 162,504, 2.2% behind. These are all modern, high-end workstation parts, and the RTX 4500 trades blows with them within a few percentage points.

The WX 8200's nearest rivals tell a different story. The NVIDIA Quadro P6000 scores 69,986, which is 0.2% behind the AMD card. The NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile scores 70,140, 0.4% ahead. The NVIDIA CMP 90HX scores 69,000, 1.3% behind. The AMD Radeon RX 6600 LE scores 70,829, 1.4% ahead. These are older or lower-tier products, and the WX 8200 is competitive with them, but it is nowhere near the performance class of the RTX 4500.

The practical takeaway is straightforward: in any compute workload that uses OpenCL or Vulkan, the RTX 4500 delivers roughly 2.3 to 2.5 times the performance of the WX 8200. That is not a small upgrade; it is a fundamental shift in capability.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation in OpenCL compared to the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200?

A: The RTX 4500 scores 160,786 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the WX 8200 scores 69,774. That is a 130.4% advantage for the NVIDIA card, meaning it delivers more than double the OpenCL performance.

Q: Which card wins in Vulkan performance, and by how much?

A: The NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation wins decisively. It scores 171,401 in Geekbench Vulkan, versus 69,076 for the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200. That is a 148.1% lead, nearly two and a half times the AMD card's score.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each card across all recorded tests?

A: The RTX 4500 has an average benchmark score of 166,094. The WX 8200 has an average benchmark score of 69,870. The RTX 4500's average is more than double the AMD card's average.

Q: How do these cards rank among all GPUs in the database?

A: The NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation sits in the 97th percentile of all GPUs. The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 sits in the 90th percentile. The RTX 4500 ranks higher overall.

Q: Does the AMD card have any benchmark where it wins?

A: In the head-to-head shared tests, the AMD card wins zero of two. It does have a Geekbench Metal score of 70,759, but the NVIDIA card has no comparable Metal result, so that test is not part of the head-to-head comparison.

Q: What are the closest competitors for each card based on average scores?

A: For the RTX 4500, the closest rival is the AMD Radeon PRO W7800 at 164,894 (0.7% difference), followed by the NVIDIA RTX A5500 at 165,217 (0.5% difference). For the WX 8200, the closest rival is the NVIDIA Quadro P6000 at 69,986 (0.2% difference).

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from completely different design eras and philosophies. The NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation uses the AD103 chip, built on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It packs 45,900 million transistors into a die size of 379 mm², giving a transistor density of 121.1 million per mm². The architecture is Ada Lovelace, the latest workstation generation from NVIDIA.

The AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 uses the Vega 10 chip, built on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It contains 12,500 million transistors on a die size of 495 mm², which works out to 25.3 million transistors per mm². The architecture is GCN 5.0, and the card belongs to the Radeon Pro Polaris generation. The process node difference is significant: 5 nm versus 14 nm means the NVIDIA chip packs nearly four times the transistor density into a smaller die.

Core counts reflect the architectural gap. The RTX 4500 has 7,680 shading units, 240 texture mapping units, 80 render output units, 60 ray tracing cores, and 240 tensor cores. The WX 8200 has 3,584 shading units, 224 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, with no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The shading unit count alone is more than double on the NVIDIA side.

Clock speeds also differ substantially. The RTX 4500 runs at a base of 2070 MHz and boosts to 2580 MHz. The WX 8200 runs at 1200 MHz base and 1500 MHz boost. That is a 72.5% higher boost clock on the NVIDIA card. Combined with more cores, the compute rates are vastly different: the RTX 4500 delivers 39.63 TFLOPS of FP32, while the WX 8200 delivers 10.75 TFLOPS. For FP16, the RTX 4500 again delivers 39.63 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio, while the WX 8200 delivers 21.50 TFLOPS at a 2:1 ratio. Even accounting for the AMD card's FP16 advantage ratio, the NVIDIA card still leads in absolute FP16 throughput.

Memory architecture is another point of divergence. The RTX 4500 uses 24 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, with 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth and 18 Gbps effective memory speed. The WX 8200 uses 8 GB of HBM2 on a 2048-bit bus, with 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth and 2 Gbps effective memory speed. The AMD card has a wider bus and higher raw bandwidth, but far less capacity. The NVIDIA card has three times the memory capacity, which matters for large datasets and high-resolution rendering.

Pixel and texture rates tell the same story. The RTX 4500 achieves 206.4 GPixel/s and 619.2 GTexel/s. The WX 8200 achieves 96.00 GPixel/s and 336.0 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA card is roughly 2.15 times faster in pixel throughput and 1.84 times faster in texture throughput.

API support also differs. The RTX 4500 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The WX 8200 supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. The NVIDIA card has a more recent DirectX feature level and a newer Vulkan version.

The Verdict

The benchmark data is unambiguous. The NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation outperforms the AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 by more than double in every shared test. OpenCL shows a 130.4% lead; Vulkan shows a 148.1% lead. The average benchmark score difference is 96,224 points, a gap that places the NVIDIA card in the 97th percentile and the AMD card in the 90th percentile.

Who should pick the RTX 4500? Anyone whose work involves OpenCL or Vulkan compute, which covers most modern rendering, video encoding, scientific simulation, and AI inference tasks. The card also offers 24 GB of memory, which is essential for large models or high-resolution textures. The presence of ray tracing cores and tensor cores adds capabilities that the AMD card simply does not have.

Who should pick the WX 8200? The data does not support that choice for performance reasons. The AMD card is end-of-life, uses an older 14 nm process, has less than half the shading units, and delivers a fraction of the compute throughput. Its only advantage in the recorded data is a higher memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s versus 432.0 GB/s) and a wider 2048-bit memory bus. For workloads that are extremely bandwidth-sensitive and fit within 8 GB of memory, that could theoretically matter, but the compute deficit is so large that it is hard to construct a realistic scenario where the AMD card wins.

The production status confirms the verdict. The RTX 4500 is listed as Active; the WX 8200 is End-of-life. The NVIDIA card was released in August 2023, while the AMD card was released in August 2018, a five-year gap that shows up clearly in the performance numbers. The RTX 4500's predecessor is Workstation Ampere, and its successor is Blackwell PRO W, indicating a live product line. The WX 8200's predecessor is Radeon Pro GCN, and its successor is Radeon Pro Vega, both historical.

Specification Differences

The following fields differ between the two cards:

• Process node: 5 nm (NVIDIA) versus 14 nm (AMD)
• Foundry: TSMC versus GlobalFoundries
• Transistors: 45,900 million versus 12,500 million
• Die size: 379 mm² versus 495 mm²
• Transistor density: 121.1M / mm² versus 25.3M / mm²
• Base clock: 2070 MHz versus 1200 MHz
• Boost clock: 2580 MHz versus 1500 MHz
• Memory speed: 2250 MHz / 18 Gbps effective versus 1000 MHz / 2 Gbps effective
• Memory size: 24 GB versus 8 GB
• Memory type: GDDR6 versus HBM2
• Memory bus width: 192 bit versus 2048 bit
• Memory bandwidth: 432.0 GB/s versus 512.0 GB/s
• Shading units: 7,680 versus 3,584
• TMUs: 240 versus 224
• ROPs: 80 versus 64
• RT cores: 60 versus none
• Tensor cores: 240 versus none
• Pixel rate: 206.4 GPixel/s versus 96.00 GPixel/s
• Texture rate: 619.2 GTexel/s versus 336.0 GTexel/s
• FP32: 39.63 TFLOPS versus 10.75 TFLOPS
• FP16: 39.63 TFLOPS (1:1) versus 21.50 TFLOPS (2:1)
• TDP: 210 W versus 230 W
• Power connectors: None versus 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
• Bus interface: PCIe 4.0 x16 versus PCIe 3.0 x16
• Display outputs: 4x DisplayPort 1.4a versus 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
• DirectX support: 12 Ultimate (12_2) versus 12 (12_1)
• Vulkan support: 1.4 versus 1.3
• Dimensions: 245 mm length versus 267 mm length
• Production status: Active versus End-of-life
• Release date: August 2023 versus August 2018

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4500 wins in every compute metric that the database records. It wins OpenCL by 130.4% and Vulkan by 148.1%. It has more than double the FP32 throughput, nearly double the FP16 throughput, and higher pixel and texture rates. It has 24 GB of memory versus 8 GB, which is a decisive advantage for large datasets, deep learning models, or multi-tasking across multiple applications.

The WX 8200 has two recorded advantages: higher memory bandwidth (512.0 GB/s versus 432.0 GB/s) and a wider memory bus (2048 bit versus 192 bit). For workloads that are purely memory-bandwidth-bound and require less than 8 GB of capacity, the AMD card could theoretically provide faster data movement. However, the compute deficit is so large that any such advantage would be masked in real-world mixed workloads.

The RTX 4500 also wins on architectural features. It has 60 ray tracing cores and 240 tensor cores, which enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI inference. The WX 8200 has neither. For any modern rendering pipeline that uses ray tracing, or any workload that uses tensor operations, the NVIDIA card is the only viable option between the two.

The RTX 4500 wins on efficiency as well. It delivers more than triple the FP32 throughput while drawing 20 W less power (210 W versus 230 W). It also uses a PCIe 4.0 interface versus PCIe 3.0, doubling the host link bandwidth. The NVIDIA card requires no external power connectors, while the AMD card needs a 6-pin and an 8-pin. The RTX 4500 is also shorter at 245 mm versus 267 mm.

In terms of use cases, the RTX 4500 is the clear choice for: GPU compute, machine learning inference, ray-traced rendering, large texture workloads, and any application that benefits from more than 8 GB of VRAM. The WX 8200 could be considered only for legacy HBM2 bandwidth-sensitive tasks with small memory footprints, but the data does not show any benchmark where that translates into a win. The database records 2 wins for the RTX 4500 and 0 for the WX 8200. That is the summary.