AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile Comparison

# AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile

The database places the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile in very different tiers of the GPU landscape. The Radeon Pro 5500 XT is an older, production mobile workstation part, while the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is a current-generation flagship mobile part. Benchmark results confirm this divide: the NVIDIA part holds a decisive lead across all recorded workloads.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The most direct comparison comes from two compute-focused tests. In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the Radeon Pro 5500 XT scores 41,772, while the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile scores 143,870. This is a delta of 71 percentage points in favor of the NVIDIA part, making it roughly 3.4 times faster in raw compute throughput. The Geekbench Vulkan test shows a similar pattern: AMD scores 39,601, NVIDIA scores 139,213. The delta here is 71.6 percentage points, again a massive NVIDIA advantage.

The Passmark suite results are also lopsided. Across DirectX and OpenGL tests, the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile scores 237 in DirectX 11, 259 in DirectX 9, and 151 in DirectX 12. The AMD part does not have recorded DirectX results in this pack. In the Passmark graphics tests, the NVIDIA GPU records 981 in G2D and 24,004 in G3D. The AMD part has no comparable Passmark entries, limiting direct comparison in this suite.

The data shows two wins for NVIDIA in the head-to-head records, with no wins for AMD. The typical performance gap in these compute benchmarks is over 70%, which is a significant margin.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in compute workloads?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is the clear winner. In Geekbench OpenCL it scores 125,870 versus 41,772 for the AMD, a 71% advantage. In Vulkan, the NVIDIA scores 139,213 versus 39,601, a 71.6% advantage.

Q: How do their average benchmark scores compare?

A: The NVIDIA GPU has an average benchmark score of 35,435, placing it in the 80th percentile of all GPUs. The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT averages 45,384, which puts it in the 84th percentile. Their averages differ by 9,949 points, or 22%.

Q: Are there any recorded wins for the AMD GPU in the head-to-head tests?

A: No. The head-to-head data records two wins for NVIDIA and none for AMD.

Q: What is the architectural generation difference?

A: The AMD part is based on RDNA 1.0 architecture, codenamed Navi 14, and built on a 7 nm process by TSMC. The NVIDIA part is based on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, chip GB205, and built on a 5 nm process by TSMC.

Q: Do these GPUs have the same memory type?

A: No. The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile uses 12 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two parts is wide and reflects their release cadence. The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT is a 7 nm chip from TSMC. It packs 6,400 million transistors into a 158 mm² die, giving it a transistor density of 40.5M per mm². It is built with 1536 shading units, 96 texture mapping units and 32 ROPs. It operates on the RDNA 1.0 architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile, by contrast, is on a 5 nm process with 31,100 million transistors on a 263 mm² die, which is a density of 118.3M per mm². Its Blackwell 2.0 architecture houses 5,888 shading units, 184 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 46 RT cores and 184 tensor cores.

Power delivery and the board interface also differ. The AMD part uses a "IGP" slot width and draws its power from the motherboard, no external power connector, with a 300 W system PSU recommendation. The NVIDIA part uses a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface and is also slot width IGP class. NVIDIA has no external power connector and has no suggested PSU. The AMD board exposes no display outputs; the NVIDIA board has Portable Device Dependent outputs.

Specification Differences

Looking only at the fields where the two differ tells the story of two product segments. The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT has no recorded boost or game clocks, but does have a base clock of 1187 MHz and a memory clock of 1750 MHz, which gives an effective 14 Gbps. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has a listed 1447 MHz base clock and 1750 MHz memory clock, for an effective 28 Gbps.

The NVIDIA chip has no spot for a physical power connector and does not require an external PSU. The AMD part also has no power connectors. The AMD GPU's bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x8, while the NVIDIA uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Both are physically IGP class slots.

In API support, AMD supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. NVIDIA supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Both are current-generation API stacks.

The Verdict

The data in this database leads to a single conclusion: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is in a different performance class. Head-to-head, NVIDIA wins both compute workloads by over 70%, and its average benchmark score is notably higher. Its architecture is also much newer: a 5 nm Blackwell 2.0 design with a higher core and TMU count, ROP count and memory subsystem (12 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus at 672 GB/s) versus 8 GB of GDDR6 on 128-bit at 224 GB/s.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT was an end-of-life product at the time of its release, and its performance profile reflects that. For any use case where compute is the priority, the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is the obvious choice. The only possible reason to consider the AMD part is if the system's interface constraints are strictly limited to PCIe 4.0 x8 and 8 GB memory. Otherwise, the tested data shows that NVIDIA part is overwhelmingly the stronger product.