AMD FirePro D700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data leaves no ambiguity: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti dominates the AMD FirePro D700 in every shared benchmark. In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the RTX 3070 Ti scores 119,718 against the FirePro D700's 23,716, a delta of 404.8%. That is not a marginal lead; it is a fivefold advantage in raw compute throughput as measured by this workload. The Vulkan result tells the same story, with the RTX 3070 Ti posting 139,541 versus 27,968, a 398.9% margin. Both wins belong to the NVIDIA card, and there are zero benchmark victories recorded for the AMD side.

These deltas are far outside the range seen in the RTX 3070 Ti's nearest rival comparisons. The database places the RTX 3070 Ti at an average benchmark score of 29,945, with its closest competitor, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile, at 29,928 (a 0.1% difference), and the AMD Radeon RX 6800 at 30,095 (a 0.5% gap in the AMD card's favor). Against those peers, the RTX 3070 Ti trades blows within a narrow band. The FirePro D700, in contrast, averages 25,842, sitting near the AMD FirePro W7100 (25,856, a 0.1% difference) and the AMD Radeon R9 M395X (25,891, a 0.2% gap). The 404.8% OpenCL delta between the two cards in this comparison is not a close contest; it is an order of magnitude larger than any delta between either card and its own nearest rivals.

The percentile data reinforces the gap. The RTX 3070 Ti sits in the 75th percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the FirePro D700 rests at the 71st percentile. A four-percentile difference does not sound catastrophic, but the raw score spread tells the real story: the RTX 3070 Ti's average is 29,945, which is 4,103 points higher than the FirePro D700's 25,842. That difference is larger than the entire performance gap between the FirePro D700 and its nearest rival, the FirePro W7100, which is only 14 points. The NVIDIA card is not merely ahead; it is ahead by a margin that dwarfs the typical variance within either product's competitive set.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from different eras and different design philosophies. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti uses the GA104 chip on Samsung's 8 nm process, packing 17,400 million transistors into a 392 mm² die. That yields a transistor density of 44.4 million per square millimeter. The AMD FirePro D700, by contrast, uses the Tahiti chip on TSMC's 28 nm process, with 4,313 million transistors on a 352 mm² die, for a density of 12.3 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA chip is built on a node two generations ahead, and the density advantage shows: the RTX 3070 Ti crams more than 3.5 times as many transistors per unit area.

The compute resources diverge sharply. The RTX 3070 Ti features 6,144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, 96 ROPs, 48 RT cores, and 192 tensor cores. The FirePro D700 offers 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with no RT cores and no tensor cores. The shading unit count alone is a 3x difference in favor of NVIDIA. The memory subsystem also favors the newer card: 8 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus delivering 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth, versus 6 GB of GDDR5 on a 384-bit bus at 263.0 GB/s. The FirePro D700 has a wider bus, but the GDDR6X memory on the RTX 3070 Ti more than doubles the bandwidth.

Clock speeds reflect the architectural gap. The RTX 3070 Ti runs a base clock of 1575 MHz and a boost of 1770 MHz, with memory at 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective). The FirePro D700 has no recorded base or boost clock in the database, only a memory clock of 1370 MHz (5.5 Gbps effective). The effective memory speed difference is more than 3.4x. Pixel rate and texture rate follow suit: the RTX 3070 Ti achieves 169.9 GPixel/s and 339.8 GTexel/s, while the FirePro D700 manages 27.20 GPixel/s and 108.8 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 21.75 TFLOPS for the NVIDIA card versus 3.482 TFLOPS for the AMD card, a 6.2x gap. The RTX 3070 Ti also supports FP16 at 21.75 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), a feature the FirePro D700 does not list at all.

API support differs as well. The RTX 3070 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The FirePro D700 lists DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170. Both cards are end-of-life, but the RTX 3070 Ti is from the GeForce 30 series, released in 2021, while the FirePro D700 is a FirePro Data Center product from 2014. The RTX 3070 Ti's predecessor is GeForce 20 and its successor is GeForce 40; the FirePro D700's predecessor is FirePro Terascale and its successor is Radeon Instinct. The bus interface also differs: PCIe 4.0 x16 on the NVIDIA card, PCIe 3.0 x16 on the AMD card.

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data shows no scenario where the FirePro D700 outperforms the RTX 3070 Ti. In the two recorded head-to-head tests, Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan, the NVIDIA card wins by margins of 404.8% and 398.9% respectively. The RTX 3070 Ti also carries a broader benchmark profile: the database records scores for 3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12), Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan, plus six Passmark tests (DirectX 10, 11, 12, 9, G2D, G3D, and GPU Compute). The FirePro D700 has only two recorded benchmarks, both Geekbench tests. This means the RTX 3070 Ti can be evaluated across a wider range of workloads, while the FirePro D700's database footprint is limited.

For compute-heavy tasks, the RTX 3070 Ti's FP32 output of 21.75 TFLOPS versus 3.482 TFLOPS indicates a decisive edge in general-purpose GPU compute. The 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores on the NVIDIA card enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI workloads, capabilities entirely absent from the FirePro D700. The 608.3 GB/s memory bandwidth on the RTX 3070 Ti also suits large dataset processing, whereas the FirePro D700's 263.0 GB/s is a bottleneck by comparison. The FirePro D700 does have one practical advantage: 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 plus 1x SDI outputs, which is a connectivity array suited to multi-display professional setups. The RTX 3070 Ti offers 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, which is more conventional for consumer or workstation use.

The FirePro D700 also has a slightly longer physical footprint at 279 mm versus 267 mm for the RTX 3070 Ti, and both are dual-slot cards with a suggested PSU of 600 W. The TDP figures are close: 290 W for the RTX 3070 Ti, 274 W for the FirePro D700. Neither card wins on power efficiency by a significant margin in the database records. The RTX 3070 Ti requires a 1x 12-pin power connector, while the FirePro D700's power connector details are not recorded. For any workload represented in the benchmark data, the RTX 3070 Ti is the clear choice.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the RTX 3070 Ti than the FirePro D700 in OpenCL?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti scores 119,718 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the FirePro D700 scores 23,716. That is a 404.8% advantage for the NVIDIA card.

Q: What is the memory capacity difference between the two cards?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti has 8 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus with 608.3 GB/s bandwidth. The FirePro D700 has 6 GB of GDDR5 on a 384-bit bus with 263.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Does the FirePro D700 support ray tracing or tensor operations?

A: No. The database records no RT cores and no tensor cores for the FirePro D700. The RTX 3070 Ti includes 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores.

Q: What are the FP32 compute figures for each card?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti delivers 21.75 TFLOPS of FP32 compute. The FirePro D700 delivers 3.482 TFLOPS, which is roughly one-sixth of the NVIDIA card's output.

Q: Which card has a higher transistor density?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti has a density of 44.4 million transistors per square millimeter on its 392 mm² die. The FirePro D700 has 12.3 million per square millimeter on a 352 mm² die.

Q: How do their average benchmark scores compare?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti has an average benchmark score of 29,945, placing it in the 75th percentile of all GPUs. The FirePro D700 averages 25,842, in the 71st percentile.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the superior product by every metric recorded in the database. It wins both head-to-head benchmarks by margins exceeding 398%, and it holds a higher average benchmark score, a higher percentile ranking, and a denser, more modern architecture. The RTX 3070 Ti's FP32 output is 21.75 TFLOPS, more than six times the FirePro D700's 3.482 TFLOPS. Its memory bandwidth of 608.3 GB/s is more than double the 263.0 GB/s of the AMD card. The NVIDIA card also brings features the FirePro D700 simply does not have: RT cores, tensor cores, FP16 support, and DirectX 12 Ultimate.

For buyers selecting between these two based purely on performance data, the RTX 3070 Ti is the only rational choice. It delivers more compute, more memory bandwidth, more shading units, and broader API support. The FirePro D700's sole advantages are its six mini-DisplayPort outputs plus SDI, which may matter for specific multi-display professional installations, and its slightly lower TDP of 274 W versus 290 W. Neither of those offsets the massive performance deficit. The RTX 3070 Ti also has a more recent release date, from 2021 versus 2014, and a wider benchmark footprint in the database, allowing for more confident performance assessment.

The FirePro D700's nearest rival comparisons show it clustering with cards like the FirePro W7100 and Radeon R9 M395X, all within a 0.2% delta of each other. The RTX 3070 Ti, by contrast, sits among the RTX 5070 Mobile, RX 6800, and RTX 2080 Ti, all within a 1.6% delta. These are different performance tiers entirely. The RTX 3070 Ti's average score is 4,103 points higher than the FirePro D700's, and that gap is not a statistical artifact; it reflects a fundamental architectural generation gap. Any workload that relies on FP32 compute, memory bandwidth, or modern API features will favor the NVIDIA card overwhelmingly.

Specification Differences

| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti | AMD FirePro D700 |

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

| Chip | GA104 | Tahiti |

| Architecture | Ampere | GCN 1.0 |

| Process node | 8 nm | 28 nm |

| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |

| Transistors | 17,400 million | 4,313 million |

| Die size | 392 mm² | 352 mm² |

| Transistor density | 44.4M / mm² | 12.3M / mm² |

| Memory size | 8 GB | 6 GB |

| Memory type | GDDR6X | GDDR5 |

| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 384 bit |

| Memory bandwidth | 608.3 GB/s | 263.0 GB/s |

| Memory clock | 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective) | 1370 MHz (5.5 Gbps effective) |

| Shading units | 6144 | 2048 |

| TMUs | 192 | 128 |

| ROPs | 96 | 32 |

| RT cores | 48 | None |

| Tensor cores | 192 | None |

| Pixel rate | 169.9 GPixel/s | 27.20 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 339.8 GTexel/s | 108.8 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 21.75 TFLOPS | 3.482 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 21.75 TFLOPS (1:1) | None |

| TDP | 290 W | 274 W |

| Bus interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

| Display outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2, 1x SDI |

| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_1) |

| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |

| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.2.170 |

| Length | 267 mm (10.5 inches) | 279 mm (11 inches) |

| Release date | 2021-05-30 | 2014-01-17 |

| Predecessor | GeForce 20 | FirePro Terascale |

| Successor | GeForce 40 | Radeon Instinct |

| Launch MSRP | 599 USD | None recorded |