AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE vs NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only directly comparable benchmark between these two GPUs is Geekbench OpenCL, and the result is a decisive victory for the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE. The AMD card scores 83,109 points, while the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile manages 41,263 points. That is a delta of 101.4%, meaning the RX 7650 GRE delivers more than double the raw compute performance in this particular test. No other head-to-head benchmark data exists in the record, so the comparison rests entirely on this single metric — but the margin is so large that it sets the tone for the entire matchup.

The RX 7650 GRE also holds a significant advantage in its average benchmark score across all recorded tests. Its average sits at 42,723, compared to 39,568 for the RTX A500 Mobile. That is a roughly 8% gap in aggregate performance, which aligns with the OpenCL result showing the AMD part as the stronger compute device overall. In terms of percentile ranking among all GPUs, the RX 7650 GRE lands at the 83rd percentile, while the RTX A500 Mobile sits just one point lower at the 82nd percentile. Despite the massive OpenCL delta, both cards occupy nearly the same tier in the broader GPU landscape — but that parity is driven by the RTX A500 Mobile's other benchmark entries, such as its Geekbench Vulkan score of 37,873, which the AMD card does not have a recorded result for in this dataset.

Looking at closest rivals provides additional context. The RX 7650 GRE's nearest competitors by average score include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER at 43,223 (−1.2% delta), the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB at 43,262 (−1.2%), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile at 43,268 (−1.3%). The RTX A500 Mobile, by contrast, sits near the AMD Radeon Pro 575 at 39,555 (0% delta) and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 at 40,063 (−1.2%). This means the RX 7650 GRE is competing in a higher performance bracket, hovering just below cards like the RTX 4070 SUPER, while the RTX A500 Mobile is trading blows with older professional AMD parts from the Polaris generation.

The win count in the head-to-head section is 1–0 in favor of the RX 7650 GRE, reflecting the single OpenCL test. There are no benchmark results where the RTX A500 Mobile comes out ahead. That said, the RTX A500 Mobile does have a Vulkan score recorded, which the RX 7650 GRE lacks — but without a head-to-head Vulkan comparison, that cannot be interpreted as a win for NVIDIA. The data simply does not support any victory for the mobile Ampere card in direct competition.

The Verdict

The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE is the clear performance winner here. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 83,109 is more than double the RTX A500 Mobile's 41,263, and its average benchmark score of 42,723 exceeds the NVIDIA card's 39,568 by about 8%. If your workload relies on OpenCL compute — which is common in rendering, scientific simulation, and some machine learning tasks — the RX 7650 GRE is categorically the better choice. It also carries an 83rd percentile ranking, which places it in the upper tier of all GPUs, while the RTX A500 Mobile's 82nd percentile is close but still lower.

However, the RTX A500 Mobile is not without a niche. Its 30 W TDP versus the RX 7650 GRE's 170 W makes it a fundamentally different product class. The RTX A500 Mobile is an integrated graphics solution (IGP) with no power connectors, designed for portable workstations where power draw is a hard constraint. The RX 7650 GRE, by contrast, is a dual-slot desktop card requiring a 1x 8-pin connector and a 450 W suggested PSU. If you are building a desktop system with a dedicated power supply, the RX 7650 GRE is the obvious pick. If you are selecting a GPU for a laptop or a compact mobile workstation where every watt matters, the RTX A500 Mobile's efficiency profile is the only rational reason to choose it — but you will sacrifice roughly half the compute performance in OpenCL.

The RTX A500 Mobile does have one unique asset: 64 tensor cores. The RX 7650 GRE has no tensor core equivalent listed. For workloads that specifically leverage NVIDIA's tensor core architecture — such as certain AI inference or deep learning frameworks — the RTX A500 Mobile may offer capabilities the AMD card cannot match, even if its raw FP32 throughput is far lower. But in the absence of benchmark data for tensor-based tests, this remains a qualitative advantage, not a quantitative one.

Ultimately, the verdict is straightforward: for raw performance, the RX 7650 GRE wins decisively. For ultra-low-power mobile integration, the RTX A500 Mobile is the only viable option in this comparison. Choose based on your power envelope, not on performance parity — there is none.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher Geekbench OpenCL score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE scores 83,109, which is 101.4% higher than the NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile's 41,263.

Q: How do their average benchmark scores compare?

A: The RX 7650 GRE has an average benchmark score of 42,723, while the RTX A500 Mobile averages 39,568. The AMD card leads by roughly 8%.

Q: Which GPU is more power-efficient?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile has a 30 W TDP and no power connectors, while the AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE has a 170 W TDP and requires a 1x 8-pin connector with a 450 W suggested PSU.

Q: Does the RTX A500 Mobile have any unique features?

A: Yes, it includes 64 tensor cores, which the RX 7650 GRE does not list. It also has 16 RT cores compared to the AMD card's 32.

Q: What are the closest rivals for each GPU?

A: The RX 7650 GRE's nearest competitors include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (43,223 average score, −1.2% delta) and the RTX 5050 Mobile (43,268, −1.3%). The RTX A500 Mobile's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro 575 (39,555, 0% delta) and the Radeon Pro WX 7100 (40,063, −1.2%).

Q: Which GPU has the higher overall percentile ranking?

A: The RX 7650 GRE ranks at the 83rd percentile among all GPUs, while the RTX A500 Mobile ranks at the 82nd percentile.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification field. The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE uses 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, yielding 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile has 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus, providing 96.00 GB/s — exactly one-third of the AMD card's bandwidth. Clock speeds also diverge sharply: the RX 7650 GRE runs at a base of 1720 MHz, a game clock of 2350 MHz, and a boost of 2695 MHz, while the RTX A500 Mobile's base is just 832 MHz with a boost of 1537 MHz. Memory clocks are 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) for AMD versus 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) for NVIDIA.

The compute unit counts reveal a more nuanced picture. Both cards have 2048 shading units, but the RX 7650 GRE has 128 TMUs and 64 ROPs, whereas the RTX A500 Mobile has 64 TMUs and 32 ROPs — exactly half in each case. The AMD card has 32 RT cores and no tensor cores; the NVIDIA card has 16 RT cores and 64 tensor cores. Pixel rate is 172.5 GPixel/s for AMD versus 49.18 GPixel/s for NVIDIA. Texture rate is 345.0 GTexel/s versus 98.37 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is 22.08 TFLOPS for the RX 7650 GRE and 6.296 TFLOPS for the RTX A500 Mobile, a factor of 3.5 times in AMD's favor. FP16 performance follows the same 1:1 ratio on both cards.

Physical and power characteristics differ fundamentally. The RX 7650 GRE is a dual-slot card measuring 204 mm in length and 115 mm in height, with a 170 W TDP and a 1x 8-pin power connector. The RTX A500 Mobile is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no slot width, no dimensions listed, a 30 W TDP, and no power connectors. The AMD card has explicit display outputs — 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1 — while the NVIDIA card's outputs are "Portable Device Dependent." Both use PCIe 4.0 x8 interfaces. The RX 7650 GRE is Active in production; the RTX A500 Mobile is End-of-life.

Architecture Differences

The architectural divide is significant. The RX 7650 GRE is built on RDNA 3.0, AMD's latest graphics architecture, using the Navi 33 chip (codename "Hotpink Bonefish") from the Navi III generation. It is fabricated on a 6 nm TSMC process, packing 13,300 million transistors into a 204 mm² die, for a transistor density of 65.2M per mm². The RTX A500 Mobile, by contrast, uses NVIDIA's Ampere architecture with the GA107S chip from the Ampere-MW generation. It is built on Samsung's 8 nm process, with 8,700 million transistors on a 200 mm² die, yielding a density of 43.5M per mm². The AMD chip is denser and uses a more advanced process node.

The RDNA 3.0 architecture brings a 1:1 FP16-to-FP32 ratio, meaning the RX 7650 GRE does not gain a throughput advantage when switching to half precision — it stays at 22.08 TFLOPS in both modes. The RTX A500 Mobile also has a 1:1 ratio, holding at 6.296 TFLOPS for both FP16 and FP32. The AMD architecture includes dedicated RT cores for ray tracing (32 of them), while the NVIDIA architecture pairs its 16 RT cores with 64 tensor cores, a feature entirely absent from the RDNA 3.0 configuration. Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API compatibility is identical on paper.

The transistor and die numbers tell a story of design philosophy. AMD's 6 nm node with higher density (65.2M/mm²) allows more transistors in a similar die area (204 mm² vs 200 mm²) while using significantly more power (170 W vs 30 W). NVIDIA's Ampere on 8 nm is older and less dense, but the 30 W TDP indicates a design optimized for thermal efficiency in mobile form factors. The RTX A500 Mobile's predecessor is the Quadro Turing-M, and its successor is Ada-MW, placing it in a professional mobile lineup. The RX 7650 GRE's predecessor is Navi II and successor is Navi IV, showing it is part of a desktop-focused product cycle.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE wins in every measured performance category. Its Geekbench OpenCL score is 101.4% higher, its average benchmark score is 8% higher, and its pixel rate, texture rate, and FP32 throughput are all multiples of the NVIDIA card's figures. For any compute-heavy workload that can use OpenCL — rendering, physics simulation, video processing — the RX 7650 GRE is the stronger choice by a wide margin. Its 8 GB memory capacity and 288.0 GB/s bandwidth also make it better suited for larger datasets and higher-resolution textures than the RTX A500 Mobile's 4 GB and 96.00 GB/s.

The NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile wins in the domain of power efficiency and form factor. At 30 W TDP with no power connectors and IGP integration, it is designed for systems where a discrete desktop GPU is physically impossible. Its 64 tensor cores provide a hardware feature that the RX 7650 GRE lacks entirely, which could make it preferable for AI inference or other tensor-accelerated tasks — though no benchmark data in this record validates that advantage. The RTX A500 Mobile also has a Vulkan score (37,873) recorded, while the RX 7650 GRE does not; this does not constitute a win, but it indicates the NVIDIA card has been validated for Vulkan workloads.

For a desktop builder with access to a 450 W PSU and an 8-pin connector, the RX 7650 GRE is the only rational choice. For a mobile workstation designer constrained to 30 W and no dedicated power delivery, the RTX A500 Mobile is the only option that fits. The data does not support any scenario where the RTX A500 Mobile outperforms the RX 7650 GRE in raw compute, but its tensor cores and efficiency profile carve out a niche that the AMD card cannot occupy. Choose based on your power budget and physical constraints; if neither applies, the RX 7650 GRE wins outright.