AMD Radeon RX 7600M vs NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data splits this comparison cleanly along workload type. The AMD Radeon RX 7600M has no recorded wins in the head-to-head benchmark set; the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation wins the single shared test. That does not mean the AMD part lacks purpose, but the data shows it occupies a different performance class entirely.

The RTX 5880 Ada Generation dominates the one common benchmark, Geekbench OpenCL, with a score of 326,898 against the RX 7600M's 63,775. This is an 80.5% delta in favor of the NVIDIA card. The NVIDIA part also records a broad set of Passmark results covering DirectX 9, 10, 11, 12, G2D, G3D, and GPU compute, with its G3D score reaching 25,096 and its compute score at 14,208. The AMD part has no Passmark entries in the database, so its measured strengths lie exclusively in the OpenCL workload.

Looking at the percentile rankings, the RX 7600M sits at the 89th percentile across all GPUs, while the RTX 5880 Ada Generation sits at the 85th percentile. This inversion is notable: the AMD mobile part ranks higher relative to the entire GPU population, even though it loses decisively to the NVIDIA workstation card in absolute terms. The explanation lies in the distribution of scores. The RX 7600M's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP (delta -0.1%), NVIDIA CMP 30HX (delta -0.1%), AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (delta +0.1%), and AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100 (delta -0.7%). These are tightly clustered around 63,775 to 64,212, indicating a dense field of similar performers. The RTX 5880 Ada Generation's nearest rivals are the NVIDIA RTX A2000 (delta -0.2%), Intel Arc A730M (delta +0.8%), AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT (delta +1.3%), and AMD Radeon RX 5600M (delta -1.4%), all clustered near 45,000 to 46,600, which is far lower than its own 326,898 OpenCL score. The NVIDIA part's average benchmark score of 45,972 is dragged down by its low Passmark DirectX scores (70 for DX12, 167 for DX10, 228 for DX11, 335 for DX9), while its OpenCL score is an outlier at the top.

For use-case interpretation, the RX 7600M is a mobile integrated graphics solution with an IGP slot width, no power connectors, and a 90 W TDP. It targets portable devices where power draw and physical footprint are constrained. The RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a dual-slot workstation card with a 285 W TDP, a 600 W suggested PSU, and a 1x 16-pin power connector. It is built for sustained compute and rendering workloads where the 48 GB memory pool and 864.0 GB/s bandwidth matter more than power efficiency.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations and design philosophies. The AMD Radeon RX 7600M uses the Navi 33 chip built on RDNA 3.0 architecture, codenamed Hotpink Bonefish, part of the Navi Mobile (RX 7000M) generation. It is fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC, with 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 65.2 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation uses the AD102 chip built on Ada Lovelace architecture, part of the Workstation Ada (x000A) generation. It is fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, with 76,300 million transistors on a 609 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 125.3 million per square millimeter.

The transistor counts and die sizes tell a story of scale. The NVIDIA chip packs over five times the transistor count of the AMD chip (76,300 million versus 13,300 million) on roughly three times the die area (609 mm² versus 204 mm²). The density difference is also stark: 125.3 million transistors per square millimeter versus 65.2 million, reflecting the more advanced 5 nm node.

The memory subsystems diverge sharply. The RX 7600M has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 5880 Ada Generation has 48 GB of GDDR6 on a 384-bit bus, delivering 864.0 GB/s of bandwidth. That is six times the memory capacity and over three times the bandwidth.

Compute resources also favor the NVIDIA part substantially. The RX 7600M has 1,792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, 64 ROPs, and 28 ray tracing cores. The RTX 5880 Ada Generation has 14,080 shading units, 440 TMUs, 176 ROPs, and 110 RT cores. Additionally, the NVIDIA card includes 440 tensor cores, a feature the AMD part lacks entirely. The pixel rate is 154.2 GPixel/s for AMD versus 433.0 GPixel/s for NVIDIA. Texture rate is 269.9 GTexel/s versus 1,082.4 GTexel/s.

Clock behavior differs as well. The AMD card has a base clock of 1500 MHz and a boost clock of 2410 MHz, with a game clock of 2070 MHz. The NVIDIA card has a much lower base clock of 975 MHz but a slightly higher boost clock of 2460 MHz. The AMD part's memory runs at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective), while the NVIDIA part's memory runs at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective).

API support is identical on paper: both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The NVIDIA card outputs to 4x DisplayPort 1.4a, while the AMD card's display outputs are portable device dependent.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records only one head-to-head benchmark between these two GPUs, and the result is lopsided. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation scores 326,898 against the AMD Radeon RX 7600M's 63,775. The delta is -80.5% from the AMD card's perspective, meaning the NVIDIA part outperforms it by a factor of roughly 5.1x.

This single data point aligns with the raw specification gaps. The NVIDIA card's FP32 throughput is 69.27 TFLOPS, exactly four times the RX 7600M's 17.27 TFLOPS. The FP16 situation is even more telling: the NVIDIA card maintains 69.27 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio, while the AMD card reaches 34.55 TFLOPS only via a 2:1 rate. The NVIDIA card's texture rate of 1,082.4 GTexel/s is four times the AMD card's 269.9 GTexel/s, and its pixel rate of 433.0 GPixel/s is 2.8 times the AMD card's 154.2 GPixel/s.

The lack of additional head-to-head tests means the broader Passmark suite for the NVIDIA card cannot be directly compared against AMD scores. However, the NVIDIA card's own Passmark results show a peculiar pattern. Its G3D score of 25,096 and GPU compute score of 14,208 are respectable, but its DirectX scores are oddly low: 335 for DX9, 167 for DX10, 228 for DX11, and 70 for DX12. These numbers, when averaged with the OpenCL score, produce the card's overall average benchmark score of 45,972, which places it near rivals like the NVIDIA RTX A2000 (46,043) and Intel Arc A730M (45,592). This suggests the Passmark DirectX tests may not be representative of the card's compute capability, or that the test conditions differ from the OpenCL workload.

Specification Differences

The following fields differ between the two GPUs, based solely on the recorded data.

| Specification | AMD Radeon RX 7600M | NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation |

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

| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 | Ada Lovelace |

| Process node | 6 nm | 5 nm |

| Transistors | 13,300 million | 76,300 million |

| Die size | 204 mm² | 609 mm² |

| Transistor density | 65.2M / mm² | 125.3M / mm² |

| Base clock | 1500 MHz | 975 MHz |

| Boost clock | 2410 MHz | 2460 MHz |

| Memory clock | 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective |

| Memory size | 8 GB | 48 GB |

| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit |

| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 864.0 GB/s |

| Shading units | 1,792 | 14,080 |

| TMUs | 112 | 440 |

| ROPs | 64 | 176 |

| RT cores | 28 | 110 |

| Tensor cores | None | 440 |

| Pixel rate | 154.2 GPixel/s | 433.0 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 269.9 GTexel/s | 1,082.4 GTexel/s |

| FP32 throughput | 17.27 TFLOPS | 69.27 TFLOPS |

| FP16 throughput | 34.55 TFLOPS (2:1) | 69.27 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 90 W | 285 W |

| Slot width | IGP | Dual-slot |

| Power connectors | None | 1x 16-pin |

| Suggested PSU | Not specified | 600 W |

| Display outputs | Portable Device Dependent | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |

| Dimensions | Not specified | 267 mm length, 112 mm height |

| Release date | 2023-01-03 | 2024-01-04 |

| Predecessor | Polaris Mobile | Workstation Ampere |

| Successor | None | Blackwell PRO W |

The two GPUs share the same bus interface (PCIe 4.0 x16), the same API support (DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4), the same memory type (GDDR6), the same manufacturer foundry (TSMC), and the same production status (Active). Neither has a launch MSRP recorded in the database.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has higher raw compute throughput?

A: The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has an FP32 throughput of 69.27 TFLOPS, exactly four times the AMD Radeon RX 7600M's 17.27 TFLOPS. Its FP16 throughput is also 69.27 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio, versus 34.55 TFLOPS for the AMD card.

Q: How do the memory capacities compare?

A: The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has 48 GB of GDDR6 on a 384-bit bus with 864.0 GB/s bandwidth. The AMD Radeon RX 7600M has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 256.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Why is the AMD card's percentile ranking higher than the NVIDIA card's?

A: The RX 7600M sits at the 89th percentile across all GPUs, while the RTX 5880 Ada Generation sits at the 85th percentile. The AMD card's nearest rivals cluster tightly around its 63,775 OpenCL score, while the NVIDIA card's average benchmark score of 45,972 is pulled down by its low Passmark DirectX scores, despite its 326,898 OpenCL score.

Q: Does the AMD card have tensor cores?

A: No, the AMD Radeon RX 7600M has no tensor cores. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation includes 440 tensor cores.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7600M has a TDP of 90 W and requires no power connectors. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has a TDP of 285 W, requires a 1x 16-pin power connector, and has a suggested PSU of 600 W.

Q: Which card is physically larger?

A: The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a dual-slot card measuring 267 mm in length and 112 mm in height, with 4x DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The AMD Radeon RX 7600M has an IGP slot width with portable device dependent display outputs, and no physical dimensions are recorded in the database.