AMD FirePro D700 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile Comparison

# NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile vs AMD FirePro D700

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile and AMD FirePro D700 represent two vastly different eras of GPU design. The RTX 4070 Mobile is an active Ada Lovelace part built on a 5 nm TSMC process, while the FirePro D700 is an end-of-life GCN 1.0 workstation card from 2014 fabricated on 28 nm. Benchmark data shows the RTX 4070 Mobile sweeping both head-to-head tests, delivering a 360.4% advantage in Geekbench OpenCL and a 287.5% lead in Geekbench Vulkan. However, the FirePro D700 still holds relevance in specific workstation contexts, as its 71st percentile ranking versus all GPUs demonstrates.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU wins in Geekbench OpenCL performance?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile scores 109,197 versus the AMD FirePro D700's 23,716, a 360.4% advantage. This is the largest margin recorded in the head-to-head data.

Q: How do the two compare in Geekbench Vulkan?

A: The RTX 4070 Mobile posts 108,367 against the FirePro D700's 27,968, winning by 287.5%. The FirePro D700's Vulkan score is actually higher than its OpenCL result, but still trails by a wide margin.

Q: What are the average benchmark scores for each GPU?

A: The RTX 4070 Mobile has an average benchmark score of 27,435 across all tested workloads, while the FirePro D700 averages 25,842. The RTX 4070 Mobile also holds a 73rd percentile ranking versus all GPUs, compared to 71st for the FirePro D700.

Q: How does the RTX 4070 Mobile compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX 4070 Mobile's closest competitor is the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT with a 0% deltaPct, followed by the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell at +1.1% for the RTX 4070 Mobile, and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 at -1.5%. This places it in a tight performance cluster.

Q: What is the FirePro D700's closest rival in benchmark scores?

A: The AMD FirePro W7100 is nearly identical with a -0.1% deltaPct. The AMD Radeon R9 M395X sits at -0.2%, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is +0.4% and the AMD Radeon Pro W5700 is +0.5% relative to the FirePro D700.

Q: Which GPU has better memory bandwidth?

A: The FirePro D700 offers 263.0 GB/s bandwidth across a 384-bit bus with 6 GB GDDR5. The RTX 4070 Mobile provides 256.0 GB/s over a 128-bit bus with 8 GB GDDR6, slightly lower bandwidth but with newer memory technology.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two GPUs is generational. The RTX 4070 Mobile uses the AD106 chip built on Ada Lovelace architecture, manufactured by TSMC at 5 nm. This process node allows for 22,900 million transistors packed into a 188 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 121.8M per mm². In contrast, the FirePro D700 relies on the Tahiti chip with GCN 1.0 architecture, also from TSMC but at 28 nm. That older process crams 4,313 million transistors into a larger 352 mm² die, producing a density of just 12.3M per mm² — roughly one-tenth the density of the newer part.

The RTX 4070 Mobile features 4,608 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, 48 ROPs, 36 ray tracing cores, and 144 tensor cores. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The FirePro D700 has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with no ray tracing or tensor cores. Its API support tops out at DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170. The pixel rate tells the story: 81.36 GPixel/s for the RTX 4070 Mobile versus 27.20 GPixel/s for the FirePro D700, a 3x difference in raw rasterization throughput.

Memory architectures diverge sharply. The RTX 4070 Mobile uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 2000 MHz memory clock (16 Gbps effective), delivering 256.0 GB/s. The FirePro D700 has 6 GB of GDDR5 on a 384-bit bus at 1370 MHz (5.5 Gbps effective), achieving 263.0 GB/s. The wider bus compensates for older memory technology, but the RTX 4070 Mobile's higher effective speed per pin shows the efficiency of newer designs. The RTX 4070 Mobile is an IGP with no power connectors and a 115 W TDP, while the FirePro D700 is a dual-slot card measuring 279 mm (11 inches) with a 274 W TDP and a suggested 600 W PSU.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The head-to-head data contains only two benchmark comparisons, and the RTX 4070 Mobile wins both. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 4070 Mobile scores 109,197 against the FirePro D700's 23,716. The 360.4% deltaPct is the dominant margin in this comparison — the RTX 4070 Mobile delivers more than four times the OpenCL throughput. This reflects the massive difference in shading units (4,608 vs 2,048) and the architectural leap from GCN 1.0 to Ada Lovelace, which includes dedicated tensor cores that accelerate compute workloads.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 4070 Mobile again leads with 108,367 versus 27,968, a 287.5% advantage. Notably, the FirePro D700's Vulkan score (27,968) is higher than its OpenCL score (23,716), suggesting the older GCN architecture handles Vulkan's explicit API reasonably well. However, the RTX 4070 Mobile's Vulkan score is nearly identical to its OpenCL result, indicating consistent performance across different APIs. The deltaPct in Vulkan is still enormous — the RTX 4070 Mobile is roughly 3.9x faster in this test.

The average benchmark scores reinforce the head-to-head results. The RTX 4070 Mobile averages 27,435 across its benchmark suite, while the FirePro D700 averages 25,842. That difference of 1,593 points (about 6.2%) is far smaller than the head-to-head margins, because the FirePro D700's average is pulled by its Vulkan score, and the RTX 4070 Mobile's average includes lower-scoring tests like Passmark DirectX 10 (116), DirectX 11 (179), and DirectX 12 (85). These legacy DX tests drag the RTX 4070 Mobile's average down, but its modern API performance is decisively superior.

The RTX 4070 Mobile's nearest rivals cluster around its average score: the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT at 27,425 (0% deltaPct), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 at 27,565 (-0.5%), and the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell at 27,135 (+1.1%). This puts the RTX 4070 Mobile in the same performance tier as desktop-class GPUs from the previous generation. The FirePro D700's rivals are all workstation or mobile parts: the FirePro W7100 at 25,856 (-0.1%), Radeon R9 M395X at 25,891 (-0.2%), RTX 3080 Ti Mobile at 25,740 (+0.4%), and Radeon Pro W5700 at 25,726 (+0.5%). The FirePro D700 sits comfortably within that workstation cluster, but that cluster is about 6% below the RTX 4070 Mobile's tier.

The Verdict

The data presents an unambiguous performance hierarchy. The RTX 4070 Mobile wins both head-to-head benchmarks by margins of 360.4% and 287.5%, respectively. Its average benchmark score of 27,435 exceeds the FirePro D700's 25,842 by 6.2%, and it ranks in the 73rd percentile versus all GPUs compared to 71st for the FirePro D700. For any workload that leverages modern APIs — OpenCL or Vulkan — the RTX 4070 Mobile is the clear choice, delivering three to four times the throughput.

The FirePro D700's case rests on its specific workstation credentials. It is a dual-slot card with 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 and 1x SDI outputs, suggesting multi-display professional setups. Its 384-bit memory bus provides 263.0 GB/s bandwidth, slightly higher than the RTX 4070 Mobile's 256.0 GB/s, which could matter in memory-bandwidth-bound scenarios. The 6 GB frame buffer is smaller than the RTX 4070 Mobile's 8 GB, but for certain legacy workstation applications, the FirePro D700's certified driver stack and display flexibility may hold value. However, its 274 W TDP versus 115 W for the RTX 4070 Mobile means significantly higher power draw for substantially lower compute performance.

The RTX 4070 Mobile is the superior GPU in nearly every measurable way. It offers more than double the shading units, triple the pixel rate, nearly 4.5x the FP32 throughput (15.62 TFLOPS vs 3.482 TFLOPS), and support for ray tracing and tensor cores that the FirePro D700 lacks entirely. Its 5 nm process enables vastly higher transistor density, and its active production status means ongoing driver support and availability. The FirePro D700 is end-of-life, with no successor in the FirePro line (the successor is listed as Radeon Instinct), making it a legacy part.

For buyers choosing between these two today, the RTX 4070 Mobile is the rational pick for any compute, rendering, or modern gaming workload. The FirePro D700 should only be considered in niche scenarios where its specific display outputs (6x mini-DisplayPort plus SDI) and 384-bit memory bus are mandatory requirements, and where the 6 GB frame buffer suffices. The benchmark results do not support any other conclusion — the RTX 4070 Mobile leads in every head-to-head test, and its average score is higher across the board.

Specification Differences

| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile | AMD FirePro D700 |

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

| Chip | AD106 | Tahiti |

| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | GCN 1.0 |

| Process node | 5 nm | 28 nm |

| Transistors | 22,900 million | 4,313 million |

| Die size | 188 mm² | 352 mm² |

| Shading units | 4,608 | 2,048 |

| TMUs | 144 | 128 |

| ROPs | 48 | 32 |

| RT cores | 36 | None |

| Tensor cores | 144 | None |

| Memory size | 8 GB GDDR6 | 6 GB GDDR5 |

| Memory bus | 128 bit | 384 bit |

| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 263.0 GB/s |

| FP32 | 15.62 TFLOPS | 3.482 TFLOPS |

| Pixel rate | 81.36 GPixel/s | 27.20 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 244.1 GTexel/s | 108.8 GTexel/s |

| TDP | 115 W | 274 W |

| Slot width | IGP | Dual-slot |

| Bus interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

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

| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.2.170 |

| Production status | Active | End-of-life |

| Release date | 2023-01-02 | 2014-01-17 |