AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT vs NVIDIA N1 16SM Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a significant performance gap between these two parts, but the comparison is complicated by the fact that the NVIDIA N1 16SM has no benchmark entries in the database. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT, by contrast, has a complete set of test results across DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan, and compute workloads, making it the only one of the two with verifiable measurements.

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT delivers an average benchmark score of 17083 across all recorded tests. Its percentile rank among all GPUs is 60, meaning it sits above the midpoint of the entire database. The nearest rivals for the RX 7600 XT show a tight cluster of results: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 scores 17208, which is 0.7% higher, while the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 scores 17037, 0.3% lower. The AMD Radeon HD 7970M scores 17019, 0.4% lower, and the NVIDIA Tesla M4 scores 16932, 0.9% lower. This clustering indicates that the RX 7600 XT lands in a well-populated performance band where small percentage differences separate adjacent parts.

Looking at specific workloads, the RX 7600 XT shows its strongest result in the Geekbench OpenCL test with a score of 92426. The Vulkan result is roughly half of that at 48366, which is a substantial drop and indicates that the card is considerably more efficient under the OpenCL driver stack than under Vulkan for this particular workload. In the Passmark suite, the DirectX 9 test returns 228, the DirectX 10 test returns 85, the DirectX 11 test returns 167, and the DirectX 12 test returns 65. The DirectX 11 score is more than double the DirectX 12 score, a notable spread that suggests older API paths are better optimized in this particular benchmark environment. The Passmark GPU Compute score is 8987, while the Passmark G3D score is 17132 and the G2D score is 1030. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test returns 2348.

The NVIDIA N1 16SM has zero recorded benchmarks, an average benchmark score of 0, and a percentile rank of 50. With no test results in the database, there is no measurement data to compare directly against the RX 7600 XT. The head-to-head benchmark table is empty, and neither part has a win count recorded. The database therefore contains no direct performance comparison between these two devices, and any assessment of relative speed must rely on architectural specifications rather than measured outcomes.

The absence of benchmark data for the N1 16SM is itself a meaningful data point. Its percentile rank of 50 is the default midpoint value, and its average score of 0 indicates that no test has been submitted or recorded. This is in contrast to the RX 7600 XT, which has ten separate benchmark entries spanning multiple API generations and workload types.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT has an average benchmark score of 17083, while the NVIDIA N1 16SM has an average benchmark score of 0 due to having no recorded benchmark results.

Q: How does the RX 7600 XT compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RX 7600 XT trails the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 by 0.7% (17208 vs 17083), leads the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 by 0.3% (17037), leads the AMD Radeon HD 7970M by 0.4% (17019), and leads the NVIDIA Tesla M4 by 0.9% (16932).

Q: What is the strongest benchmark result for the RX 7600 XT?

A: The highest recorded score is 92426 in the Geekbench OpenCL test. The next highest is the Passmark G3D score of 17132, followed by the Geekbench Vulkan score of 48366.

Q: Does the N1 16SM have any published performance data?

A: No. The database lists no benchmarks for the NVIDIA N1 16SM, its average benchmark score is 0, and its percentile rank is the default 50.

Q: What is the percentile ranking of each GPU?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT ranks at the 60th percentile among all GPUs in the database. The NVIDIA N1 16SM ranks at the 50th percentile, the midpoint value assigned when no benchmark data exists.

Q: How do the DirectX results differ for the RX 7600 XT?

A: The Passmark DirectX 9 score is 228, DirectX 10 is 85, DirectX 11 is 167, and DirectX 12 is 65. The DirectX 11 score is 102 points higher than DirectX 12, while DirectX 9 is 61 points higher than DirectX 12.

The Verdict

The data indicates that the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is the only one of the two parts with measurable performance. It holds a 60th percentile ranking across all GPUs and produces a cluster of scores that place it within 1% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, the strongest recorded rival in its nearest neighbor group. For workloads that benefit from OpenCL, the card is particularly strong, with a score of 92426 that far exceeds its Vulkan result of 48366. For legacy DirectX paths, the DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 scores are notably higher than the DirectX 12 score, which may matter for older software libraries.

The NVIDIA N1 16SM, by contrast, has no recorded measurements. The database assigns it a 50th percentile rank and an average score of 0, which is the default state for a part without submitted results. The physical and architectural specifications are substantial: it uses a Blackwell 2.0 architecture on a 5 nm process, integrates 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory on a 256 bit bus, and includes 64 tensor cores alongside 16 ray tracing cores. None of that translates into verifiable performance data in the database, however.

For a purchase decision based strictly on recorded measurements, the RX 7600 XT is the only part with evidence of performance. It also has a launch MSRP of 329 USD, which the database lists once as a reference point. The N1 16SM has no launch MSRP listed and no benchmark results, so any performance claim about it would be unverifiable. Buyers who require measured data to compare against existing systems should look at the RX 7600 XT, as it has a full suite of results. The N1 16SM remains an unknown quantity in the database, and its selection cannot be justified on the basis of recorded benchmark outcomes.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every major specification category. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT uses the Navi 33 chip on a 6 nm TSMC process, while the NVIDIA N1 16SM uses the GB20B chip on a 5 nm TSMC process. The RX 7600 XT has a die size of 204 mm² and a transistor count of 13,300 million, whereas the N1 16SM has a die size of 382 mm² and an unknown transistor count. The transistor density for the RX 7600 XT is 65.2M / mm²; no density figure is recorded for the N1 16SM.

Clock speeds differ substantially. The RX 7600 XT has a base clock of 1980 MHz, a boost clock of 2755 MHz, and a game clock of 2470 MHz. The N1 16SM has a base clock of 741 MHz and a boost clock of 2346 MHz, with no game clock listed. Memory clocks also differ: the RX 7600 XT runs at 2250 MHz with 18 Gbps effective, while the N1 16SM runs at 1067 MHz with 8.5 Gbps effective.

Memory configuration is another point of divergence. The RX 7600 XT has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 128 bit bus with 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The N1 16SM has 128 GB of LPDDR5X on a 256 bit bus with 273.2 GB/s of bandwidth. Despite having eight times the capacity and double the bus width, the N1 16SM actually delivers slightly lower bandwidth.

The compute units differ in composition. Both parts have 2048 shading units and 128 texture mapping units, but the RX 7600 XT has 64 ROPs while the N1 16SM has only 24. The RX 7600 XT has 32 ray tracing cores, while the N1 16SM has 16. The N1 16SM includes 64 tensor cores; the RX 7600 XT has none listed. Pixel rate for the RX 7600 XT is 176.3 GPixel/s versus 56.30 GPixel/s for the N1 16SM. Texture rate is 352.6 GTexel/s versus 300.3 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is 22.57 TFLOPS versus 9.609 TFLOPS, and FP16 is identical to FP32 for both at 22.57 TFLOPS and 9.609 TFLOPS respectively.

Power and physical specifications also differ. The RX 7600 XT has a TDP of 190 W, a dual-slot form factor, a single 8-pin power connector, and a suggested PSU of 450 W. The N1 16SM has an unknown TDP, an IGP form factor, no power connectors, and no suggested PSU. The RX 7600 XT uses PCIe 4.0 x8, while the N1 16SM uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs are 1x HDMI 2.1a plus 3x DisplayPort 2.1 for the RX 7600 XT, versus a single HDMI output for the N1 16SM. The RX 7600 XT measures 204 mm in length and 115 mm in height; no dimensions are recorded for the N1 16SM.

Architecture Differences

The architectural split is fundamental. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT is built on RDNA 3.0 with the codename Hotpink Bonefish, part of the Navi III (RX 7000) generation. The NVIDIA N1 16SM is built on Blackwell 2.0, part of the Blackwell IGP (N1x) generation, with no codename recorded. The RX 7600 XT belongs to the Radeon RX 7000 series, while the N1 16SM has no series designation.

The manufacturing node differs: 6 nm for the RX 7600 XT versus 5 nm for the N1 16SM, both at TSMC. The RX 7600 XT has a known transistor count of 13,300 million and a density of 65.2M / mm², while the N1 16SM has an unknown transistor count and density. The die size is substantially larger on the N1 16SM at 382 mm² versus 204 mm², which is notable given the RX 7600 XT has more shading units per square millimeter.

The RX 7600 XT supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The N1 16SM lists N/A for DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan support. This absence of API support in the database is unusual and suggests the part may be intended for a different software stack, possibly tied to its IGP classification and 64 tensor cores, which the RX 7600 XT lacks entirely.

The memory architecture is fundamentally different as well. The RX 7600 XT uses dedicated GDDR6 memory with 16 GB capacity, while the N1 16SM uses 128 GB of LPDDR5X, which is a unified or system-level memory type typical of integrated graphics processors. The N1 16SM has double the bus width at 256 bit versus 128 bit, but lower bandwidth at 273.2 GB/s versus 288.0 GB/s, indicating that the RX 7600 XT extracts higher throughput from a narrower bus through faster memory clocks.

The ray tracing and compute resources are allocated differently. The RX 7600 XT has 32 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores, while the N1 16SM has 16 ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores. The RX 7600 XT has 64 ROPs versus 24 on the N1 16SM, which directly explains the large pixel rate advantage of 176.3 GPixel/s versus 56.30 GPixel/s. The FP32 throughput of the RX 7600 XT is more than double that of the N1 16SM, at 22.57 TFLOPS versus 9.609 TFLOPS, despite the N1 16SM having the same number of shading units and texture mapping units.

The release dates are far apart: the RX 7600 XT launched on 2024-01-23, while the N1 16SM is dated 2026-05-31. The RX 7600 XT has a predecessor in Navi II and a successor in Navi IV, while the N1 16SM has neither. Both parts are listed as Active in production status.