AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a clean sweep for the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT in the two shared benchmark tests, though the margins are closer than the architectural gap might suggest. In Geekbench OpenCL, the AMD part scores 41,772 against the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A's 39,780, a 5% advantage. The Vulkan test tells a similar story: 39,601 for AMD versus 37,601 for NVIDIA, a 5.3% lead. Neither result is a blowout, but the AMD card wins both head-to-head comparisons, giving it a 2-0 record in direct matchups.

Context matters here. The MX570 A's average benchmark score across all tests sits at 38,691, which places it in the 81st percentile of all GPUs in the database. The Radeon Pro 5500 XT averages 45,384, good for the 84th percentile. That 6,693-point gap in average scores is substantial, roughly 17% higher overall, even though the individual OpenCL and Vulkan deltas are smaller. The difference likely stems from the AMD card having an additional benchmark result in its profile, the Geekbench Metal score of 54,779, which is significantly higher than either of its other two scores and pulls the average upward.

Looking at the nearest rivals for each card clarifies the competitive positioning. The Radeon Pro 5500 XT sits within 1.3% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, which scores 44,795, and within 0.5% of the RTX 5090 Mobile at 45,152. It trails the Intel Arc A730M by just 0.5% (45,592 versus 45,384) and the RTX 5880 Ada Generation by 1.3% (45,972 versus 45,384). For a workstation-oriented GPU, landing between the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 5090 Mobile in aggregate performance is a strong showing.

The MX570 A's rival list tells a different story. It is essentially tied with the AMD Radeon Pro 580X (38,706, a 0% delta) and sits within 1% of the RTX 5080 Mobile (38,349) and the GeForce MX570 (38,299). It trails the Radeon Pro 575X by 1.1% (39,116 versus 38,691). These are all older or lower-tier parts, and the MX570 A holds its own in that company, but none of these rivals approach the performance tier where the Radeon Pro 5500 XT operates.

The benchmark data suggests the AMD card is not just faster in the two shared tests; it occupies a higher performance class entirely. The MX570 A's best individual score, 39,780 in OpenCL, would still fall short of the AMD card's worst score, 39,601 in Vulkan, by a narrow margin. In fact, the MX570 A's Vulkan result of 37,601 is the lowest score recorded for either card, more than 5% below the AMD card's Vulkan output and nearly 7% below the AMD card's OpenCL result.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different design philosophies and manufacturing approaches. The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT uses the Navi 14 chip built on RDNA 1.0 architecture, fabricated on TSMC's 7 nm process. The die measures 158 mm² and packs 6,400 million transistors, yielding a transistor density of 40.5 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A, by contrast, uses the GA107SB chip on Ampere architecture, built on Samsung's 8 nm process. Its die is larger at 200 mm², and it holds 8,700 million transistors, for a density of 43.5 million per square millimeter. Despite the larger physical die and higher transistor count, the NVIDIA chip achieves only a modest density advantage over the AMD part.

The compute configurations differ in interesting ways. The Radeon Pro 5500 XT fields 1,536 shading units, 96 texture mapping units, and 32 raster output pipelines. The MX570 A counters with more shading units at 2,048, but fewer texture units at 64, and the same 32 ROPs. The NVIDIA card also includes 16 ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores, hardware features entirely absent from the AMD chip. That gives the MX570 A a feature-set advantage for ray-traced workloads and AI-accelerated tasks, at least on paper, even if the raw compute throughput is lower.

Clock speeds strongly favor the AMD card. The Radeon Pro 5500 XT runs at a base of 1,187 MHz and boosts to 1,757 MHz, while the MX570 A operates at just 832 MHz base and 1,155 MHz boost. That 602 MHz boost clock gap is enormous and explains why the AMD part achieves higher pixel and texture rates despite having fewer shading units. The AMD card delivers 56.22 GPixel/s and 168.7 GTexel/s, versus 36.96 GPixel/s and 73.92 GTexel/s for the NVIDIA part. In texture throughput specifically, the AMD card is more than 2.3 times faster, a direct consequence of having more TMUs and much higher clocks.

Memory subsystems also diverge sharply. The Radeon Pro 5500 XT ships with 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth at 14 Gbps effective. The MX570 A has only 2 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus, yielding 96.00 GB/s at 12 Gbps effective. The AMD card offers four times the capacity and more than twice the bandwidth. For workloads that scale with memory footprint or bandwidth saturation, this difference alone can be decisive.

FP32 compute is closer than the other metrics suggest. The Radeon Pro 5500 XT reaches 5.398 TFLOPS, while the MX570 A manages 4.731 TFLOPS, a 14% gap. FP16 performance, however, shows a stark divergence: the AMD card hits 10.80 TFLOPS using a 2:1 ratio, while the NVIDIA card stays at 4.731 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio. The power envelopes tell a complementary story. The Radeon Pro 5500 XT is rated at 125 W TDP with a suggested 300 W power supply, while the MX570 A draws only 25 W and lists no suggested PSU. That 100 W difference means the AMD card requires serious cooling and power delivery, while the NVIDIA part is clearly designed for thin-and-light portables.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the shared benchmark tests?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT wins both recorded head-to-head tests. It scores 41,772 versus 39,780 in Geekbench OpenCL (5% ahead) and 39,601 versus 37,601 in Geekbench Vulkan (5.3% ahead).

Q: Does the NVIDIA card have any hardware features the AMD card lacks?

A: Yes. The MX570 A includes 16 ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores, while the Radeon Pro 5500 XT has none. The NVIDIA card also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), whereas the AMD card supports DirectX 12 (12_1).

Q: How do their memory configurations compare?

A: The Radeon Pro 5500 XT has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth. The MX570 A has 2 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus with 96.00 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The Radeon Pro 5500 XT has a 125 W TDP and a suggested 300 W power supply. The MX570 A has a 25 W TDP and no suggested PSU listed. Both use IGP slot width with no power connectors.

Q: Which GPU has better raw compute throughput?

A: The Radeon Pro 5500 XT reaches 5.398 TFLOPS FP32 and 10.80 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1). The MX570 A delivers 4.731 TFLOPS FP32 and 4.731 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1).

Q: How do the two cards rank against all other GPUs in the database?

A: The Radeon Pro 5500 XT sits in the 84th percentile with an average score of 45,384. The MX570 A sits in the 81st percentile with an average score of 38,691.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A |

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

| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 | Ampere |

| Process Node | 7 nm (TSMC) | 8 nm (Samsung) |

| Die Size | 158 mm² | 200 mm² |

| Transistors | 6,400 million | 8,700 million |

| Transistor Density | 40.5M / mm² | 43.5M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 1187 MHz | 832 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 1757 MHz | 1155 MHz |

| Memory Size | 8 GB | 2 GB |

| Memory Bus Width | 128 bit | 64 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 96.00 GB/s |

| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective | 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective |

| Shading Units | 1536 | 2048 |

| TMUs | 96 | 64 |

| ROPs | 32 | 32 |

| RT Cores | None | 16 |

| Tensor Cores | None | 64 |

| Pixel Rate | 56.22 GPixel/s | 36.96 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 168.7 GTexel/s | 73.92 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 5.398 TFLOPS | 4.731 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 10.80 TFLOPS (2:1) | 4.731 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 125 W | 25 W |

| Suggested PSU | 300 W | None |

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

| Display Outputs | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |

| Release Date | 2020-08-03 | 2021-12-16 |

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT wins every measurable performance category in this comparison. It is faster in both shared benchmark tests, has 4 times the memory capacity, delivers more than double the memory bandwidth, and produces substantially higher pixel and texture rates. Its FP32 compute is 14% higher, and its FP16 output is more than twice the NVIDIA card's. The 125 W TDP and 300 W suggested PSU indicate a card designed for desktop workstations or large laptops where power and cooling are available. The 8 GB frame buffer and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth make it the clear choice for GPU-accelerated rendering, large dataset processing, or any workload that needs to keep substantial data resident on the GPU. Its 84th percentile ranking and proximity to the RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 5090 Mobile in average score reinforce its position as a serious compute part.

The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A wins in efficiency and portability. Its 25 W TDP is one-fifth the AMD card's power draw, and it requires no suggested PSU. The 2 GB memory and 64-bit bus are modest, but they are paired with a chip that sips power. The presence of 16 ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores gives it capabilities the AMD card simply does not have, making it the better option for applications that leverage hardware-accelerated ray tracing or tensor operations. Its DirectX 12 Ultimate support also means broader feature compatibility in modern games and future API workloads. The portable-device-dependent display outputs suggest it is meant to drive displays through the host system, typical of thin-and-light laptops. For users who need basic acceleration in a compact, low-power chassis, the MX570 A makes sense despite its lower raw performance.

The data does not present a balanced trade-off. The Radeon Pro 5500 XT dominates in throughput, memory capacity, bandwidth, and overall benchmark scores. The MX570 A counters with a fraction of the power draw and exclusive hardware features. The right choice depends entirely on the use case: performance-hungry professional workloads favor the AMD card decisively, while constrained mobile environments where power efficiency and feature support matter more than raw speed point to the NVIDIA part.