AMD Radeon R7 M350 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Comparison

AMD Radeon R7 M350 and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server occupy opposite ends of the hardware spectrum. The R7 M350 is a 2015-era entry-level mobile chip built for basic graphics tasks, while the RTX PRO 6000 is a 2025 server-class compute monster. Benchmark data, however, reveals a surprising twist: their average scores are nearly identical, even though the RTX PRO 6000 carries vastly more hardware resources. This analysis breaks down what each card does well, where they diverge architecturally, and which workloads suit each one.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon R7 M350 has an average benchmark score of 6327, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server scores 5996. The R7 M350 is 5.5% higher in this aggregate metric.

Q: How does the RTX PRO 6000 compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX PRO 6000's nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M, which scores 6000 (a deltaPct of -0.1%). It also sits near the AMD Radeon RX 6400 (6001, -0.1%), AMD FirePro W4100 (5987, +0.2%), and NVIDIA Quadro K4000M (5986, +0.2%). Its percentile rank is 34, meaning it outperforms 34% of all GPUs in the database.

Q: What benchmarks are available for each card?

A: The R7 M350 has two benchmark results: Geekbench OpenCL (6991) and Geekbench Vulkan (5662). The RTX PRO 6000 has only one result: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (5996). There are no shared head-to-head benchmark tests between the two.

Q: Which GPU has more shading units?

A: The RTX PRO 6000 has 24,064 shading units, while the R7 M350 has 384. This is a 63-fold difference in raw shader count, though it does not translate to a proportional performance lead in the available benchmarks.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference?

A: The R7 M350 uses 4 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus with 16.00 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX PRO 6000 uses 96 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth — over 100 times more bandwidth.

Q: Which card is currently in production?

A: The RTX PRO 6000 is marked as "Active" production status, released on 2025-03-17. The R7 M350 is "End-of-life," having been released on 2015-05-04.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs are built on entirely different architectures separated by a decade of silicon progress. The AMD Radeon R7 M350 uses the Meso chip based on GCN 3.0 architecture, fabricated on a 28 nm TSMC process. It packs 1,550 million transistors onto a 125 mm² die, resulting in a transistor density of 12.4M per mm². The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server uses the GB202 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture, built on a 5 nm process. It contains 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die, achieving a density of 122.9M per mm² — nearly 10 times denser than the AMD part.

The compute resources are drastically different. The R7 M350 features 384 shading units, 24 texture mapping units, and 8 raster output pipelines. It has no ray tracing or tensor cores. The RTX PRO 6000 has 24,064 shading units, 752 TMUs, and 192 ROPs, plus 188 ray tracing cores and 752 tensor cores. This makes the RTX PRO 6000 a fully featured accelerator for modern rendering and AI workloads, while the R7 M350 is a basic rasterizer.

Memory architecture is another major split. The R7 M350 uses 4 GB of DDR3 on a 64-bit bus, yielding 16.00 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX PRO 6000 uses 96 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus, delivering 1.79 TB/s. The NVIDIA card also supports PCIe 5.0 x16, whereas the AMD card uses PCIe 3.0 x8. The RTX PRO 6000 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, while the R7 M350 only supports DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.2.170. Clock speeds differ too: the R7 M350 runs at 1000 MHz base and 1015 MHz boost, while the RTX PRO 6000 runs at 1590 MHz base and 2617 MHz boost.

Where Each One Wins

The R7 M350 wins in the aggregate benchmark comparison. Its average benchmark score of 6327 beats the RTX PRO 6000's 5996 by 331 points. This is primarily driven by its strong Geekbench OpenCL score of 6991, which is significantly higher than any result the RTX PRO 6000 can produce in the current database. The R7 M350 also has a higher percentile rank at 36 versus 34, meaning it sits above more GPUs in the overall distribution.

The RTX PRO 6000 wins in every absolute hardware specification. It has 63 times more shading units, 31 times more TMUs, 24 times more ROPs, and 24 times more memory. Its FP32 compute of 126.0 TFLOPS is over 160 times higher than the R7 M350's 779.5 GFLOPS. Its texture rate of 1,968.0 GTexel/s dwarfs the R7 M350's 24.36 GTexel/s. Its pixel rate of 502.5 GPixel/s is 62 times higher than 8.120 GPixel/s. The RTX PRO 6000 also has ray tracing and tensor cores, which the R7 M350 completely lacks.

In terms of usage, the R7 M350 wins for lightweight, legacy applications where its low resource footprint and older API support (DirectX 12_0, Vulkan 1.2.170) are sufficient. The RTX PRO 6000 wins for any workload involving modern graphics features, ray tracing, tensor operations, or massive memory pools. The RTX PRO 6000's 96 GB memory capacity makes it suitable for data-intensive tasks that would be impossible on the R7 M350's 4 GB.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every specification field. The process node is 28 nm for the R7 M350 versus 5 nm for the RTX PRO 6000. Transistor count is 1,550 million versus 92,200 million. Die size is 125 mm² versus 750 mm². Transistor density is 12.4M/mm² versus 122.9M/mm².

Clock speeds: the R7 M350 has 1000 MHz base and 1015 MHz boost, while the RTX PRO 6000 has 1590 MHz base and 2617 MHz boost. Memory clock is 1000 MHz (2 Gbps effective) for the AMD card versus 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) for the NVIDIA card.

Memory: 4 GB DDR3 on a 64-bit bus with 16.00 GB/s bandwidth versus 96 GB GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth. Compute units: the R7 M350 has 384 shading units, 24 TMUs, and 8 ROPs, while the RTX PRO 6000 has 24,064 shading units, 752 TMUs, and 192 ROPs. The RTX PRO 6000 adds 188 RT cores and 752 tensor cores; the R7 M350 has none.

Pixel rate: 8.120 GPixel/s versus 502.5 GPixel/s. Texture rate: 24.36 GTexel/s versus 1,968.0 GTexel/s. FP32: 779.5 GFLOPS versus 126.0 TFLOPS. FP16: 779.5 GFLOPS (1:1) versus 126.0 TFLOPS (1:1).

The RTX PRO 6000 has a TDP of 600 W, requires a 1000 W power supply, uses a 16-pin connector, and is dual-slot. The R7 M350 has no listed TDP, power connector, or slot width. The RTX PRO 6000 is 267 mm long, 111 mm high, and 40 mm wide, with 4x DisplayPort 2.1b outputs. The R7 M350 has no listed dimensions or display outputs.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

There are no direct head-to-head benchmark results between these two GPUs. The data shows zero wins for either card in shared tests. This makes direct comparisons difficult, but the individual benchmark scores provide useful context.

The R7 M350's Geekbench OpenCL score of 6991 is its standout result. This falls within the range of its nearest rivals: the AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 scores 6330 (deltaPct 0), the NVIDIA Quadro K620 scores 6282 (deltaPct 0.7), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER scores 6270 (deltaPct 0.9). The R7 M350's Geekbench Vulkan score of 5662 is lower, but still contributes to its 6327 average.

The RTX PRO 6000's only benchmark, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, scores 5996. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M at 6000 (deltaPct -0.1), AMD Radeon RX 6400 at 6001 (deltaPct -0.1), AMD FirePro W4100 at 5987 (deltaPct 0.2), and NVIDIA Quadro K4000M at 5986 (deltaPct 0.2). The RTX PRO 6000 essentially ties with these cards, despite having vastly more compute resources.

The key takeaway is that the R7 M350's average benchmark score is 331 points higher than the RTX PRO 6000's. This suggests that the available benchmarks for the RTX PRO 6000 (a single DX12 test) are not capturing its full capabilities, while the R7 M350's OpenCL and Vulkan results are more representative of its actual performance in those specific workloads.

The Verdict

The data presents a clear split. If you are looking strictly at average benchmark scores, the AMD Radeon R7 M350 is the winner: 6327 versus 5996, a 5.5% advantage. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 6991 is particularly strong, and it holds a higher percentile rank (36) than the RTX PRO 6000 (34). For anyone running legacy OpenCL or Vulkan workloads on a modest system, the R7 M350 is the practical choice.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server, however, is the obvious pick for any modern, demanding workload. Its 96 GB of GDDR7 memory with 1.79 TB/s bandwidth is essential for large datasets. Its 188 ray tracing cores and 752 tensor cores enable features the R7 M350 cannot support at all. Its 126.0 TFLOPS FP32 compute power is in a completely different class. The single benchmark result of 5996 does not reflect this hardware's potential — it simply shows that the one test available does not favor it.

The RTX PRO 6000 is for professionals running AI inference, rendering, or scientific simulations. The R7 M350 is for basic office graphics or legacy applications where its lower resource usage and older API support are sufficient. The R7 M350 wins the benchmark comparison; the RTX PRO 6000 wins the real-world capability comparison. Choose based on what you need: a higher benchmark score or the ability to handle modern compute tasks.