AMD Radeon Pro 5300 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Comparison

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and AMD Radeon Pro 5300 occupy the same percentile ranking among all GPUs (83rd), yet their benchmark profiles could not be more different. The data reveals a generation gap expressed in raw compute terms, with the RTX 5070 delivering 378.5% higher OpenCL scores and 399.5% higher Vulkan scores in direct head-to-head comparisons. These are not marginal gains but order-of-magnitude shifts in capability, driven by fundamental architectural differences between Blackwell 2.0 and RDNA 1.0.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The direct comparison between these two cards is brief but decisive, with only two shared benchmark results available in the data. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5070 scores 185,269 against the Radeon Pro 5300’s 38,720, a delta of 378.5%. This is not a close contest; the NVIDIA card outperforms by nearly four times the AMD card’s total score. The Vulkan test tells an even starker story: the RTX 5070 hits 179,413 while the Radeon Pro 5300 manages 35,915, a 399.5% advantage for NVIDIA. Both wins go to the RTX 5070, giving it a 2-0 record in shared tests.

The average benchmark scores tell a more nuanced tale when placed in context. The RTX 5070’s average benchmark score is 41,687, while the Radeon Pro 5300’s is 41,610—a mere 0.2% difference. This near-parity in aggregate scoring is surprising given the massive individual test deltas. The explanation lies in the benchmark sets themselves: the RTX 5070 runs ten tests including Passmark DirectX 9/10/11/12, G2D, G3D, and compute, while the Radeon Pro 5300 only runs three Geekbench tests plus a Metal score. The AMD card’s Geekbench Metal result of 50,195 helps buoy its average, but the RTX 5070’s Passmark G3D score of 29,137 and GPU compute score of 15,787 demonstrate a broader, more consistent performance envelope.

Relative to the nearest rivals, both cards sit in a tight cluster. The RTX 5070 is 0.5% behind the Tesla M40, 0.6% ahead of the RTX 3090, and 0.7% behind the Radeon Pro 580X in average score. The Radeon Pro 5300, meanwhile, is 0.4% ahead of the RTX 3090, 0.7% behind the Tesla M40, and 0.9% behind the Radeon Pro 580X. These deltas are all within a single percentage point, indicating that the average benchmark score obscures the RTX 5070’s decisive wins in modern API tests. The RTX 5070’s Passmark DirectX 12 score of 108 and DirectX 11 score of 277 are notably lower than its OpenCL and Vulkan results, suggesting that its strengths are concentrated in compute-heavy workloads rather than legacy rasterization paths.

The Verdict

From the data alone, the RTX 5070 is the superior performer in every shared benchmark, with margins exceeding 378% in compute tasks. The Radeon Pro 5300’s only unique benchmark win is Geekbench Metal, scoring 50,195, but this test is not run on the NVIDIA card, so no direct comparison exists. The RTX 5070’s 12 GB of GDDR7 memory versus the Radeon Pro 5300’s 4 GB of GDDR6, combined with 672.0 GB/s bandwidth against 224.0 GB/s, explains much of the compute gap. The RTX 5070 also has 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores, while the Radeon Pro 5300 has none, making the NVIDIA card the only option for ray-traced or tensor-accelerated workloads.

The percentile ranking of 83 for both cards is misleading in this context. It reflects the aggregate position among all GPUs, but the Radeon Pro 5300 achieves this with a fraction of the RTX 5070’s raw power, suggesting its inclusion in a different performance class. The RTX 5070’s 30.87 TFLOPS FP32 performance against the Radeon Pro 5300’s 4.224 TFLOPS is a 7.3x difference, reinforcing the verdict that the NVIDIA card is the definitive choice for any compute-intensive application. The Radeon Pro 5300, being end-of-life and integrated into Mac systems per its generation name, serves a legacy role rather than a competitive one.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 5070 wins decisively in OpenCL and Vulkan, the two shared benchmarks, with deltas of 378.5% and 399.5% respectively. It also holds advantages in memory capacity (12 GB vs 4 GB), bandwidth (672.0 GB/s vs 224.0 GB/s), and transistor count (31,100 million vs 6,400 million). The card’s 6,144 shading units dwarf the Radeon Pro 5300’s 1,280, and its 192 TMUs versus 80 TMUs, along with 80 ROPs versus 32 ROPs, indicate a hardware design aimed at high-throughput rendering.

The Radeon Pro 5300’s wins are less about raw performance and more about efficiency and niche applicability. Its 85 W TDP versus the RTX 5070’s 250 W, combined with an IGP slot width and no power connectors, makes it a low-power integrated solution. The card’s 7 nm process node (versus the RTX 5070’s 5 nm) and 158 mm² die size (versus 263 mm²) show a smaller, more power-conscious design. Its FP16 performance of 8.448 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio) is double its FP32 rate, a feature absent in the RTX 5070’s 1:1 ratio, which could benefit certain half-precision workloads. The Radeon Pro 5300 also has no display outputs, indicating it is designed for compute tasks in Mac systems rather than as a standalone graphics card.

FAQ

Q: Which card has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 has an average benchmark score of 41,687, while the AMD Radeon Pro 5300 scores 41,610, a 0.2% difference in favor of NVIDIA.

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

A: The RTX 5070 offers 672.0 GB/s bandwidth with 12 GB of GDDR7 memory, while the Radeon Pro 5300 provides 224.0 GB/s with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory.

Q: Does the Radeon Pro 5300 support ray tracing?

A: No, the Radeon Pro 5300 has no RT cores, whereas the RTX 5070 includes 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores.

Q: How do the two cards compare in Geekbench Vulkan performance?

A: The RTX 5070 scores 179,413 in Vulkan, which is 399.5% higher than the Radeon Pro 5300’s 35,915.

Q: What is the thermal design power (TDP) difference?

A: The RTX 5070 has a TDP of 250 W, while the Radeon Pro 5300 has a TDP of 85 W, making the AMD card significantly more power-efficient.

Q: Which card has a higher transistor density?

A: The RTX 5070 has a transistor density of 118.3M per mm², compared to the Radeon Pro 5300’s 40.5M per mm².

Architecture Differences

The architectural divide is stark. The RTX 5070 uses the GB205 chip based on Blackwell 2.0 architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 31,100 million transistors on a 263 mm² die. The Radeon Pro 5300 uses the Navi 14 chip based on RDNA 1.0, also from TSMC but on a 7 nm node, with 6,400 million transistors on a 158 mm² die. This translates to a transistor density of 118.3M per mm² for NVIDIA versus 40.5M per mm² for AMD, reflecting the newer process and denser design.

The RTX 5070’s Blackwell 2.0 architecture includes 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores, enabling hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI workloads. The Radeon Pro 5300 has neither, relying on pure shader compute. The NVIDIA card’s FP32 and FP16 performance are both 30.87 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), while the AMD card’s FP32 is 4.224 TFLOPS and FP16 is 8.448 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio), indicating a different compute priority. The RTX 5070 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the Radeon Pro 5300 only supports DirectX 12 (12_1), a generational feature gap. Both cards support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4, but the RTX 5070’s PCIe 5.0 x16 interface doubles the bandwidth of the Radeon Pro 5300’s PCIe 4.0 x8.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every specification field. Memory size is 12 GB for the RTX 5070 versus 4 GB for the Radeon Pro 5300, with memory type GDDR7 versus GDDR6. Bus width is 192-bit versus 128-bit, and bandwidth is 672.0 GB/s versus 224.0 GB/s. Shading units number 6,144 versus 1,280, TMUs 192 versus 80, and ROPs 80 versus 32. The RTX 5070 has RT cores (48) and tensor cores (192), which the Radeon Pro 5300 lacks entirely.

Clock speeds show the RTX 5070 boosting to 2512 MHz from a 2325 MHz base, while the Radeon Pro 5300 boosts to 1650 MHz from a 1000 MHz base. Memory clock is 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) for NVIDIA versus 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) for AMD. Pixel rate is 201.0 GPixel/s versus 52.80 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 482.3 GTexel/s versus 132.0 GTexel/s. Power consumption is 250 W versus 85 W, with the RTX 5070 requiring a 1x 16-pin connector and a 600 W suggested PSU, while the Radeon Pro 5300 has no connectors and a 250 W suggested PSU. The RTX 5070 is dual-slot with display outputs (1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b), while the Radeon Pro 5300 is IGP with no outputs. The RTX 5070 is 245 mm long, 115 mm high, and 40 mm wide, while the Radeon Pro 5300 has no listed dimensions.