AMD FirePro W600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER Comparison

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER and AMD FirePro W600 are generations apart in every measurable sense, yet benchmark aggregation places them within a single percentage point of each other. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER averages 6270 points, while the FirePro W600 averages 6223 points — a 0.8% gap in favor of the NVIDIA card when looking at the nearestRivals delta. Both sit at the 36th percentile among all GPUs, which tells you everything about how skewed that average is: the W600’s score comes from a Geekbench OpenCL workload, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER’s comes from 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. One is a 2025 flagship-class Blackwell part, the other a 2012 GCN workstation GPU. The data does not support calling this a fair fight, but it does support precise conclusions about which card wins specific workloads.

The Verdict

From the data, the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER is the clear pick for anyone running modern DirectX 12 Ultimate workloads. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 6269.5 is a direct measure of current-generation gaming and compute performance, and it sits within 0.2% of the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 — a far more recent rival — while being 0.8% ahead of the FirePro W600. If your application leverages DirectX 12 Ultimate features, ray tracing cores (70 RT cores), or tensor cores (280), the W600 has no equivalent hardware to draw on. The FirePro W600, conversely, is a 2 GB GDDR5 card with 512 shading units, no RT or tensor cores, and a 64 GB/s memory bus. For legacy OpenCL compute, its 6223 Geekbench score is competitive, but that is a narrow slice of the performance envelope.

Choose the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER if you need current API support (Vulkan 1.4, DirectX 12 Ultimate), high-bandwidth memory (896 GB/s vs 64 GB/s), or any form of ray-traced workload. Choose the FirePro W600 only if your software stack is locked to older OpenCL patterns, requires six mini-DisplayPort outputs natively, and can run within a 75 W power envelope with no auxiliary power connector. The W600 is end-of-life, so it is not a forward-looking purchase. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER is active production, with a launch MSRP of 749 USD.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER wins every scenario that stresses raw throughput, memory bandwidth, or modern API features. Its FP32 performance is 43.94 TFLOPS compared to the W600’s 768.0 GFLOPS — a 57-fold difference that the benchmark averages do not capture because they use different tests. Texture rate is 686.6 GTexel/s versus 24.00 GTexel/s, pixel rate is 235.4 GPixel/s versus 12.00 GPixel/s, and memory bandwidth is 896.0 GB/s versus 64.00 GB/s. Any workload that saturates memory or shader units will favor the NVIDIA card overwhelmingly.

The FirePro W600 wins only in power efficiency per output and physical footprint. It consumes 75 W versus 350 W, runs in a single-slot design, requires no power connector, and has a suggested PSU of 250 W. It also offers six mini-DisplayPort 1.2 outputs, which is unique in this comparison — the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs. For multi-display setups that need six outputs from one card, the W600 has a hardware advantage. Its smaller dimensions (168 mm length, 111 mm height, 20 mm width versus 304 mm, 137 mm, 48 mm) make it viable in compact chassis where the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER will not fit.

Architecture Differences

The architectural chasm is stark. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses the GB203 chip on TSMC’s 5 nm process, packing 45,600 million transistors into a 378 mm² die. The FirePro W600 uses the Cape Verde chip on TSMC’s 28 nm process, with 1,500 million transistors across 123 mm². Transistor density tells the story: 120.6M per mm² for the NVIDIA part versus 12.2M per mm² for the AMD part. The Blackwell 2.0 architecture includes 70 RT cores and 280 tensor cores — hardware the GCN 1.0 architecture simply lacks. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 8,960 shading units, 280 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, while the W600 has 512 shading units, 32 TMUs, and 16 ROPs.

Memory technology differs completely: 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus versus 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER runs at a 2295 MHz base and 2452 MHz boost clock, with memory at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). The W600 has no listed base or boost clock, only a memory clock of 1000 MHz (4 Gbps effective). API support also diverges: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4 on the NVIDIA card versus DirectX 12 (11_1) and Vulkan 1.2.170 on the AMD card. Both support OpenGL 4.6. The bus interface is PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 3.0 x16.

FAQ

Q: Which card has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER averages 6270 points, while the FirePro W600 averages 6223 points. The deltaPct from the W600’s perspective is -0.7% relative to the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER.

Q: Can the FirePro W600 handle ray tracing?

A: No. The FirePro W600 has no RT cores listed, whereas the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 70 RT cores. Any ray-traced workload will require the NVIDIA card.

Q: How much memory does each card have?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth. The FirePro W600 has 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus with 64.00 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the power requirement difference?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a TDP of 350 W and requires a 1x 16-pin power connector. The FirePro W600 has a TDP of 75 W, requires no power connector, and has a suggested PSU of 250 W.

Q: Are these cards comparable in any benchmark?

A: The nearestRivals data shows the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER is 0.8% ahead of the FirePro W600 in average score. However, the benchmarks are different tests (3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 versus Geekbench OpenCL), so the comparison is indicative of aggregate standing, not identical workload performance.

Q: Which card has more display outputs?

A: The FirePro W600 has six mini-DisplayPort 1.2 outputs, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

There are no direct head-to-head benchmark entries in the data, but the nearestRivals comparison provides the only numerical overlap. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER’s average score is 6270, and the FirePro W600’s is 6223. The deltaPct from the NVIDIA card’s perspective is 0.8% ahead of the W600, and from the AMD card’s perspective it is -0.7% behind the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER. That is a margin of 47 points on a 6000+ scale — statistically negligible in aggregate.

The bigger wins are in the specification-driven deltas. FP32 compute is 43.94 TFLOPS versus 768.0 GFLOPS, a 57x advantage for the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER. Memory bandwidth is 896.0 GB/s versus 64.00 GB/s, a 14x advantage. Texture rate is 686.6 GTexel/s versus 24.00 GTexel/s, a 28.6x advantage. Pixel rate is 235.4 GPixel/s versus 12.00 GPixel/s, a 19.6x advantage. These are not incremental differences; they are multiple orders of magnitude in raw throughput. The only areas where the W600 leads are power draw (75 W versus 350 W), physical size (single-slot, 168 mm long versus dual-slot, 304 mm long), and output count (six mini-DisplayPort versus four total outputs).

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in every field where a difference exists. Process node: 5 nm (TSMC) versus 28 nm (TSMC). Transistors: 45,600 million versus 1,500 million. Die size: 378 mm² versus 123 mm². Transistor density: 120.6M / mm² versus 12.2M / mm². Base clock: 2295 MHz versus none listed. Boost clock: 2452 MHz versus none listed. Memory clock: 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) versus 1000 MHz (4 Gbps effective). Memory size: 16 GB versus 2 GB. Memory type: GDDR7 versus GDDR5. Bus width: 256 bit versus 128 bit. Bandwidth: 896.0 GB/s versus 64.00 GB/s. Shading units: 8960 versus 512. TMUs: 280 versus 32. ROPs: 96 versus 16. RT cores: 70 versus none. Tensor cores: 280 versus none. Pixel rate: 235.4 GPixel/s versus 12.00 GPixel/s. Texture rate: 686.6 GTexel/s versus 24.00 GTexel/s. FP32: 43.94 TFLOPS versus 768.0 GFLOPS. FP16: 43.94 TFLOPS (1:1) versus none listed. TDP: 350 W versus 75 W. Slot width: Dual-slot versus Single-slot. Power connectors: 1x 16-pin versus none. Suggested PSU: none listed versus 250 W. Bus interface: PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 3.0 x16. Display outputs: 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b versus 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2. DirectX: 12 Ultimate (12_2) versus 12 (11_1). Vulkan: 1.4 versus 1.2.170. Dimensions: 304 mm x 137 mm x 48 mm versus 168 mm x 111 mm x 20 mm. Production status: Active versus End-of-life. Release date: 2025-12-31 versus 2012-06-12. Launch MSRP: 749 USD versus 599 USD. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has no predecessor or successor listed, while the W600’s predecessor is FirePro Terascale and its successor is Radeon Pro Polaris.

The verdict is unambiguous. For anything modern — DirectX 12 Ultimate, ray tracing, tensor-accelerated workloads, high-resolution textures — the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER is the only viable choice. The FirePro W600 remains a niche solution for six-output legacy display setups where power and space are constrained. The 0.8% benchmark gap is a statistical artifact of different tests, not a sign of comparable performance.