AMD Radeon RX 7700 vs NVIDIA H20 NVL16 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark comparisons between the AMD Radeon RX 7700 and the NVIDIA H20 NVL16. The head-to-head benchmark array is empty, and neither product registers a win in direct competition. This absence of comparative data is itself informative: the two accelerators are designed for fundamentally different workloads and market segments, so conventional gaming or graphics benchmark suites do not produce comparable results.

For the AMD Radeon RX 7700, the database lists nine individual benchmark scores. Its strongest result appears in Geekbench OpenCL, where it records 106,028 points. In the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, it scores 2,865. The PassMark suite shows a G3D score of 20,974, a GPU compute score of 10,963, and a G2D score of 1,206. Legacy DirectX tests show 261 points in DirectX 9, 186 in DirectX 11, 96 in DirectX 12, and 92 in DirectX 10. The average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 15,852.

The NVIDIA H20 NVL16 has no benchmark entries in the database. Its average benchmark score is recorded as zero, and its percentile versus all GPUs is 50. The RX 7700, by contrast, sits at the 58th percentile versus all GPUs. This percentile difference indicates that, within the database's overall distribution of GPU performance, the RX 7700 ranks higher than roughly half of all recorded graphics processors, while the H20 NVL16 sits at the median position without any measured scores to confirm its standing.

The nearest rivals for the RX 7700 provide useful context for interpreting its average score. The AMD Radeon R9 370X posts an average score of 15,862, which is 0.1% higher than the RX 7700's 15,852, making the two essentially equivalent in aggregate. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 scores 16,014, putting it 1% ahead. The AMD Radeon Pro W5500 trails by 1.1% with a score of 15,679. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti leads the RX 7700 by 1.7% with an average of 16,129. These margins are small, indicating that the RX 7700 sits in a tightly contested performance band where single-digit percentage differences separate adjacent products.

The H20 NVL16, lacking any benchmark scores, cannot be placed in such a comparison. Its nearest rivals array is empty, confirming that the database has no measured performance data for this accelerator at all.

The Verdict

From the recorded data, the choice between these two products depends entirely on workload type, not on direct performance comparison, because no such comparison exists. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 is a client graphics card with active production status, a full suite of display outputs, and support for DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. It delivers 25.18 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 25.18 TFLOPS of FP16 compute in a 1:1 ratio. It has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 256-bit bus with 624.1 GB/s of bandwidth. Its measured average benchmark score of 15,852 places it in the 58th percentile of all GPUs in the database.

The NVIDIA H20 NVL16 is a server accelerator with no display outputs, no DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan support, and no recorded benchmarks. It delivers 39.54 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 79.07 TFLOPS of FP16 compute in a 2:1 ratio. It has 96 GB of HBM3 memory on a 6144-bit bus with 4.03 TB/s of bandwidth. Its TDP is 400 W, double the RX 7700's 200 W, and it requires an 800 W suggested PSU compared to 550 W for the RX 7700.

The data indicates that the RX 7700 is the only one of the two with any measured graphics performance. Users requiring a graphics card for rendering, gaming, or general GPU compute with display output will find the RX 7700 is the sole option with benchmark evidence. The H20 NVL16, with its massive memory capacity, much higher FP16 throughput, and server form factor, is positioned for compute-heavy server workloads where graphics output is irrelevant. Its 96 GB memory capacity is six times the RX 7700's 16 GB, and its memory bandwidth of 4.03 TB/s is more than six times the RX 7700's 624.1 GB/s.

The H20 NVL16 also has 312 tensor cores, a feature the RX 7700 lacks entirely. For workloads that leverage tensor core acceleration, the H20 NVL16 has a clear architectural advantage, but the database provides no measured performance data to quantify it. The RX 7700 has 40 ray tracing cores, a feature the H20 NVL16 does not list.

Architecture Differences

The two accelerators use entirely different architectures from different vendors. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 is built on RDNA 3.0, the architecture powering the Radeon RX 7000 series. Its chip is the Navi 32, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The die measures 346 mm² and contains 28,100 million transistors, yielding a transistor density of 81.2 million per mm². The codename for this chip is Wheat Nas, and it belongs to the Navi III generation, succeeding Navi II and preceding Navi IV.

The NVIDIA H20 NVL16 uses the Hopper architecture, designed for server and data center deployments. Its chip is the GH100, also manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The die is substantially larger at 814 mm² and contains 80,000 million transistors, giving a transistor density of 98.3 million per mm². It belongs to the Server Hopper generation, succeeding Server Ada and preceding Server Blackwell.

The RX 7700 has 2,560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 96 raster operations pipelines. It includes 40 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The H20 NVL16 has 9,984 shading units, nearly four times as many, along with 312 texture mapping units and only 24 raster operations pipelines. It has 312 tensor cores and lists no ray tracing cores. The shading unit count disparity reflects the H20's compute-first design, while the low ROP count of 24 suggests it is not optimized for pixel output.

The RX 7700's FP32 and FP16 throughput are identical at 25.18 TFLOPS, indicating a 1:1 ratio where the hardware processes both formats at the same rate. The H20 NVL16 delivers 39.54 TFLOPS of FP32 and 79.07 TFLOPS of FP16, a 2:1 ratio that indicates dedicated FP16 throughput is double the FP32 rate, a common design choice for AI and machine learning workloads.

Specification Differences

The RX 7700 has a base clock of 1900 MHz, a boost clock of 2459 MHz, and a game clock of 2041 MHz. Its memory runs at 2438 MHz with 19.5 Gbps effective data rate. The H20 NVL16 has a lower base clock of 1830 MHz and a lower boost clock of 1980 MHz, with no game clock listed. Its memory runs at 1313 MHz with 5.3 Gbps effective data rate, but the much wider 6144-bit bus compensates for the lower clock speed.

Memory configuration differs dramatically. The RX 7700 uses 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 624.1 GB/s bandwidth. The H20 NVL16 uses 96 GB of HBM3 on a 6144-bit bus with 4.03 TB/s bandwidth. The H20's memory bandwidth is approximately 6.5 times higher, and its capacity is six times larger.

Power requirements also differ significantly. The RX 7700 has a TDP of 200 W, uses dual-slot cooling, requires two 8-pin power connectors, and has a suggested PSU of 550 W. The H20 NVL16 has a TDP of 400 W, uses an SXM module form factor, lists no power connectors, and has a suggested PSU of 800 W. The H20 draws twice the power of the RX 7700.

The RX 7700 uses a PCIe 4.0 x16 bus interface, while the H20 NVL16 uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs are present only on the RX 7700: one HDMI 2.1a port, two DisplayPort 2.1 ports, and one USB Type-C port. The H20 NVL16 has no display outputs.

API support is exclusive to the RX 7700, which supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The H20 NVL16 lists N/A for all three APIs. Physical dimensions are recorded only for the RX 7700: 267 mm in length, 135 mm in height, and 50 mm in width. The H20 NVL16 has no recorded dimensions.

Release dates are close: the RX 7700 launched on September 17, 2025, and the H20 NVL16 launched on September 1, 2025. Both are marked as Active in production status. The RX 7700's pixel rate is 236.1 GPixel/s and its texture rate is 393.4 GTexel/s. The H20 NVL16's pixel rate is only 47.52 GPixel/s due to its low ROP count, but its texture rate is higher at 617.8 GTexel/s.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score in the database?

A: Only the AMD Radeon RX 7700 has recorded benchmark scores, with an average of 15,852. The NVIDIA H20 NVL16 has an average benchmark score of zero because no benchmarks are recorded for it.

Q: How does the RX 7700 compare to its nearest rival, the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti?

A: The RTX 3060 Ti has an average score of 16,129, which is 1.7% higher than the RX 7700's 15,852. The RX 7700 trails this rival by a narrow margin.

Q: What memory capacities do the two GPUs offer?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7700 has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory. The NVIDIA H20 NVL16 has 96 GB of HBM3 memory, which is six times larger.

Q: Does the H20 NVL16 support display outputs or graphics APIs?

A: No. The H20 NVL16 lists no display outputs and records N/A for DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan support. The RX 7700 has four display outputs and supports all three APIs.

Q: Which GPU has tensor cores?

A: The NVIDIA H20 NVL16 has 312 tensor cores. The AMD Radeon RX 7700 has no tensor cores listed, but it does have 40 ray tracing cores, while the H20 NVL16 lists no ray tracing cores.

Q: What are the power requirements for each GPU?

A: The RX 7700 has a TDP of 200 W with a suggested PSU of 550 W. The H20 NVL16 has a TDP of 400 W with a suggested PSU of 800 W, exactly double the power draw of the RX 7700.