AMD Radeon RX 7600S vs NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation Comparison

The Verdict

The database positions these two GPUs for very different roles. The NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation is a workstation-focused card that wins 8 of the 10 head-to-head benchmarks, while the AMD Radeon RX 7600S is a mobile part that takes only 2 wins. The RTX 2000 Ada leads in compute-heavy and API-specific tests by wide margins, including a 20.2% advantage in Passmark GPU Compute and a 14.8% lead in Geekbench OpenCL. Its average benchmark score of 18954 places it at the 63rd percentile of all GPUs, while the RX 7600S averages 16696 and sits at the 60th percentile.

For users prioritizing raw compute throughput, API compatibility, and workstation-class features, the RTX 2000 Ada is the clear choice. Its nearest rivals in the database include the NVIDIA Quadro K6000 at 19030 (0.4% higher) and the AMD Radeon RX 6600 at 19036 (0.4% higher), meaning it trades blows with cards in that performance tier. The RX 7600S, by contrast, sits near the NVIDIA T400 4 GB (16792, 0.6% higher) and the NVIDIA T400 (16508, 1.1% lower), indicating a lower overall performance bracket.

The RX 7600S does claim victory in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, scoring 1888 versus 1767, a 6.4% margin. It also edges out the RTX 2000 Ada in Passmark DirectX 11 by 1.4% (140 versus 138). However, these two wins are isolated and do not offset the NVIDIA card's broader dominance across the remaining eight tests.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation scores 18954 on average, versus 16696 for the AMD Radeon RX 7600S. That is a difference of 2258 points in favor of the NVIDIA card.

Q: How do the two compare in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600S wins this test with a score of 1888, beating the RTX 2000 Ada's 1767 by 6.4%. This is the largest single benchmark victory for the AMD card.

Q: Which GPU offers more memory?

A: The RTX 2000 Ada Generation has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory, while the RX 7600S has 8 GB of GDDR6. Both use a 128-bit bus and achieve 256.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the performance percentile ranking for each card?

A: The RTX 2000 Ada Generation ranks at the 63rd percentile of all GPUs in the database. The RX 7600S ranks at the 60th percentile.

Q: Does the RX 7600S win any benchmarks by a large margin?

A: Its biggest win is 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 at 6.4%. Its other win, Passmark DirectX 11, is only 1.4%. All other tests favor the RTX 2000 Ada, with margins ranging from 2.4% to 38.1%.

Q: Which card has the higher transistor density?

A: The RTX 2000 Ada Generation has a transistor density of 118.9M per mm², while the RX 7600S has 65.2M per mm². The NVIDIA chip also uses a 5 nm process versus the AMD's 6 nm process.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from fundamentally different architectural lineages. The RTX 2000 Ada Generation is built on Ada Lovelace architecture using the AD107 chip, fabricated by TSMC on a 5 nm process. It packs 18,900 million transistors into a 159 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 118.9M per mm². This is a workstation-oriented design with 2816 shading units, 88 texture mapping units, 48 ROPs, 22 ray tracing cores, and 88 tensor cores. The tensor core count is a notable feature, since the RX 7600S has no tensor cores listed in the database at all.

The RX 7600S uses RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 33 chip, codenamed Hotpink Bonefish, also fabricated by TSMC but on a 6 nm process. It contains 13,300 million transistors across a larger 204 mm² die, giving it a lower transistor density of 65.2M per mm². The compute layout differs significantly: 1792 shading units, 112 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 28 ray tracing cores. While the AMD part has fewer shaders, it compensates with more texture units and ROPs, which explains its higher texture rate of 246.4 GTexel/s and pixel rate of 140.8 GPixel/s, compared to 187.4 GTexel/s and 102.2 GPixel/s for the NVIDIA card.

Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API feature parity exists at the specification level. The NVIDIA card's FP32 throughput is 12.00 TFLOPS, while the AMD card reaches 15.77 TFLOPS. In FP16, the difference grows: the RTX 2000 Ada delivers 12.00 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio, while the RX 7600S hits 31.54 TFLOPS at a 2:1 ratio. The RX 7600S also has a game clock of 1865 MHz alongside base and boost clocks of 1500 MHz and 2200 MHz, whereas the RTX 2000 Ada lists base and boost clocks of 1620 MHz and 2130 MHz with no game clock.

Specification Differences

The RTX 2000 Ada Generation is a dual-slot, 168 mm long card (6.6 inches) with a 69 mm height (2.7 inches), requiring no power connectors and a suggested 250 W PSU. Its bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x8, and it offers 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The RX 7600S is classified as an IGP (integrated GPU) with a slot width of IGP, meaning it is designed for portable devices and has display outputs described as portable device dependent. It uses PCIe 4.0 x16 and has no suggested PSU value in the database.

Memory configurations differ in capacity but not in bandwidth. The NVIDIA card has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 256.0 GB/s bandwidth; the AMD card has 8 GB of GDDR6 on the same 128-bit bus and the same 256.0 GB/s bandwidth. Both use 2000 MHz memory with 16 Gbps effective speed. TDP ratings are close, with the RTX 2000 Ada at 70 W and the RX 7600S at 75 W. The RTX 2000 Ada was released on 2024-02-11, while the RX 7600S launched earlier on 2023-01-03. The RTX 2000 Ada has a launch MSRP of 649 USD; the RX 7600S has no launch MSRP recorded. Production status for both is Active.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The largest single victory in the entire comparison belongs to the RTX 2000 Ada Generation in Passmark G2D, where it scores 1072 versus 776, a massive 38.1% lead. This is a 2D performance test, and the margin suggests the NVIDIA card has a substantial advantage in desktop composition and basic rendering tasks. The RX 7600S, as a mobile IGP, may be more constrained by its portable device integration, though the database does not provide a causal explanation.

Compute workloads strongly favor the NVIDIA card. In Passmark GPU Compute, the RTX 2000 Ada scores 7834 against 6520, a 20.2% advantage. Geekbench OpenCL shows a 14.8% lead for NVIDIA (78074 versus 68012), and Geekbench Vulkan follows with a 12.8% lead (83360 versus 73868). These three tests collectively indicate that the RTX 2000 Ada is better suited for general-purpose GPU compute and API-agnostic workloads.

DirectX API tests also lean NVIDIA, though by smaller margins. Passmark DirectX 10 sees the RTX 2000 Ada at 82 versus 74, a 10.8% lead. Passmark DirectX 12 gives NVIDIA a 9.2% advantage (71 versus 65). Passmark DirectX 9 is closer, with NVIDIA winning 216 versus 211, a 2.4% margin. The only DirectX test the RX 7600S wins is DirectX 11, where it scores 140 against 138, a slim 1.4% edge. Passmark G3D, a general 3D graphics test, goes to NVIDIA by 9.9% (16927 versus 15408).

The RX 7600S's strongest showing is in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, a modern DirectX 12 gaming workload. It scores 1888 versus 1767, a 6.4% victory. This result is notable because it is the only test where the AMD card wins by more than 2%, and it occurs in a contemporary gaming benchmark. However, the overall pattern remains clear: the RTX 2000 Ada Generation wins 8 of 10 benchmarks, with an average score of 18954 that places it 2258 points above the RX 7600S's average of 16696. The NVIDIA card's nearest rivals, the Quadro K6000 at 19030 and Radeon RX 6600 at 19036, sit just above it, while the RX 7600S's nearest rivals, the T400 4 GB at 16792 and T400 at 16508, bracket it closely. The data consistently positions the RTX 2000 Ada as the higher-performing card, with the RX 7600S offering a competitive option only in specific DirectX 12 gaming scenarios and raw FP32 throughput.