AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs NVIDIA Tesla M4 Comparison

The database records a single shared benchmark between the NVIDIA Tesla M4 and the AMD Radeon RX 7600, and that one test settles the competitive question decisively. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 7600 scored 88051 while the Tesla M4 managed 16932, an advantage of 80.8 percent for the AMD card. That gap is not a marginal win; it reflects two products built for different purposes in different eras of GPU design. The Tesla M4 is a Maxwell 2.0 datacenter accelerator, end-of-life and passively oriented toward inference workloads of its period, while the RX 7600 is an active, current RDNA 3.0 desktop graphics card. The recorded data, walked through below, makes clear where each product's strengths actually lie.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only head-to-head test in the database is geekbench_opencl. The Tesla M4 posted 16932. The RX 7600 posted 88051. The AMD card wins the encounter, and the 80.8 percent margin means the RX 7600 delivered roughly five times the compute throughput of the Tesla M4 in this workload. For a benchmark that measures general GPU compute through OpenCL, that is a comprehensive result, and it is consistent with the raw specification story: 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 on the RX 7600 against 2.195 TFLOPS on the Tesla M4.

The Tesla M4 does not win a single recorded test against the RX 7600. The head-to-head record stands at zero wins for the NVIDIA card and one win for the AMD card. That said, the Tesla M4's own benchmark sheet is not empty of context. Its geekbench_opencl score of 16932 places it in the 60th percentile of all GPUs in the database, which is a respectable standing for a card released in November 2015 and now end-of-life. Its nearest rivals cluster extremely tightly around it: the AMD Radeon HD 7970M sits at 17019, just 0.5 percent ahead; the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 sits at 17037, 0.6 percent ahead; the NVIDIA T400 4 GB sits at 16792, 0.8 percent behind; and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT sits at 17083, 0.9 percent ahead. In other words, within its own performance neighborhood, the Tesla M4 trades blows within a one percent band against cards ranging from an older dual-GPU flagship to a modern low-profile workstation card.

The RX 7600's fuller benchmark record gives a broader picture of its capabilities. Beyond the 88051 OpenCL result, the database logs 34401 in geekbench_vulkan, 2310 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 16634 in PassMark G3D, 984 in PassMark G2D, and 8790 in PassMark GPU Compute. Its DirectX-specific PassMark results span 226 for DirectX 9, 172 for DirectX 11, 84 for DirectX 10, and 58 for DirectX 12. Its average benchmark score across the database is 15171, slightly below the Tesla M4's average of 16932, but that average comparison is misleading here because the two averages are computed over entirely different test suites; the single direct comparison is the OpenCL result, and there the RX 7600 is dominant.

The RX 7600's percentile standing is 57 against all GPUs, marginally below the Tesla M4's 60, again a reflection of differing test coverage rather than direct performance. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM at 15199 (just 0.2 percent ahead), the AMD Radeon Pro 560X at 15082 (0.6 percent behind), the AMD Radeon 680M at 15270 (0.7 percent ahead), and the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti at 15063 (0.7 percent behind). Like the Tesla M4, the RX 7600 competes in a very tight neighborhood where rivals sit within one percent of its average.

Where Each One Wins

Strictly by the recorded head-to-head data, the RX 7600 wins everything that was measured. Its OpenCL lead of 80.8 percent translates into substantially faster general compute, and the underlying hardware explains it: double the shading units at 2048 versus 1024, double the TMUs at 128 versus 64, double the ROPs at 64 versus 32, roughly five times the pixel fill rate at 169.9 GPixel/s versus 34.30 GPixel/s, and roughly five times the texture fill rate at 339.8 GTexel/s versus 68.61 GTexel/s.

The RX 7600 is also the only card of the two suitable for modern gaming and display output. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) against the Tesla M4's DirectX 12 (12_1), carries 32 ray tracing cores where the Tesla M4 has none, and offers one HDMI 2.1a output plus three DisplayPort 2.1 outputs. The Tesla M4 has no display outputs at all, which alone disqualifies it as a desktop gaming card. Its 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus delivering 88.00 GB/s of bandwidth is dwarfed by the RX 7600's 8 GB of GDDR6 on the same 128-bit bus width but delivering 288.0 GB/s, more than three times the bandwidth.

The Tesla M4's wins are not benchmark wins but platform and efficiency characteristics. Its TDP is 50 W against the RX 7600's 165 W, and it requires no external power connector, drawing everything through the slot. It occupies a single-slot form factor versus the RX 7600's dual-slot design, needs only a 250 W suggested PSU against the RX 7600's 450 W, and connects over PCIe 3.0 x16, a full sixteen lanes, versus the RX 7600's PCIe 4.0 x8. For dense multi-GPU server deployments, where the Tesla M4 spent its working life, these attributes matter more than frame rates. Its 60th percentile standing also indicates it still holds mid-pack relevance in general compute terms within the database at large.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gulf between these two cards spans nearly a decade. The Tesla M4 uses the GM206 chip on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, fabricated by TSMC on a 28 nm process, with 2,940 million transistors on a 228 mm² die, yielding a density of 12.9M transistors per mm². It belongs to the Tesla Maxwell generation, succeeded by Tesla Pascal and preceded by Tesla Kepler. It has no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores recorded.

The RX 7600 uses the Navi 33 chip on the RDNA 3.0 architecture, codenamed Hotpink Bonefish, also fabricated by TSMC but on a 6 nm process. It packs 13,300 million transistors onto a smaller 204 mm² die, achieving 65.2M transistors per mm², roughly five times the density of the Maxwell part. It carries 32 ray tracing cores, no tensor cores recorded, and belongs to the Radeon RX 7000 series, with Navi II as predecessor and Navi IV as successor. Both cards support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4, and both are DirectX 12 capable, though only the RX 7600 reaches the 12_2 feature level.

Clock behavior differs sharply. The Tesla M4 runs a base clock of 872 MHz and a boost clock of 1072 MHz, with memory at 1375 MHz (5.5 Gbps effective). The RX 7600 runs a base clock of 1720 MHz, a game clock of 2250 MHz, and a boost clock of 2655 MHz, with memory at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The RX 7600 also matches its FP16 throughput to FP16 at 21.75 TFLOPS (1:1); no FP16 figure is recorded for the Tesla M4. Physically, the RX 7600 measures 204 mm (8 inches) long and 115 mm (4.5 inches) tall; no dimensions are recorded for the Tesla M4.

The Verdict

For any workload in the recorded data, the RX 7600 is the pick. It won the only direct comparison by 80.8 percent, it is the only one of the two with display outputs, ray tracing support, and a current production status, and its DirectX 12 Ultimate support and 8 GB framebuffer make it viable for modern rendering workloads the Tesla M4 cannot address. Its launch MSRP was 269 USD.

The Tesla M4 earns consideration only where its platform traits are decisive: single-slot width, 50 W TDP, slot-only power, full sixteen-lane PCIe 3.0 connectivity, and passive deployment in multi-GPU compute servers. It is end-of-life hardware, and the database shows it holding a 60th percentile standing in general compute, but against the RX 7600 specifically it recorded no wins.

FAQ

Q: Which card wins the shared benchmark? A: The RX 7600. It scored 88051 in Geekbench OpenCL versus 16932 for the Tesla M4, an 80.8 percent advantage.

Q: Can the Tesla M4 drive a monitor? A: No. The database lists no display outputs for it. The RX 7600 offers one HDMI 2.1a and three DisplayPort 2.1 outputs.

Q: How do power requirements compare? A: The Tesla M4 has a 50 W TDP, no power connectors, and a 250 W suggested PSU. The RX 7600 has a 165 W TDP, one 8-pin connector, and a 450 W suggested PSU.

Q: Which card supports ray tracing? A: The RX 7600, with 32 ray tracing cores and DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). The Tesla M4 has no ray tracing cores and supports DirectX 12 (12_1).

Q: How do the rivalries compare? A: The Tesla M4 sits within one percent of cards like the GTX 690 (17037) and the T400 4 GB (16792), while the RX 7600 sits within one percent of the RTX 3050 OEM (15199) and the Radeon 680M (15270).

Q: Is either card still in production? A: The Tesla M4 is end-of-life. The RX 7600 is active.

Specification Differences

| Field | NVIDIA Tesla M4 | AMD Radeon RX 7600 |

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

| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | RDNA 3.0 |

| Chip | GM206 | Navi 33 |

| Process node | 28 nm | 6 nm |

| Transistors | 2,940 million | 13,300 million |

| Die size | 228 mm² | 204 mm² |

| Transistor density | 12.9M / mm² | 65.2M / mm² |

| Base clock | 872 MHz | 1720 MHz |

| Boost clock | 1072 MHz | 2655 MHz |

| Memory size | 4 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR6 |

| Memory bandwidth | 88.00 GB/s | 288.0 GB/s |

| Shading units | 1024 | 2048 |

| TMUs | 64 | 128 |

| ROPs | 32 | 64 |

| Ray tracing cores | None | 32 |

| FP32 | 2.195 TFLOPS | 21.75 TFLOPS |

| TDP | 50 W | 165 W |

| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |

| Power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |

| Suggested PSU | 250 W | 450 W |

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

| Display outputs | No outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 |

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

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

| Launch MSRP | Not recorded | 269 USD |