AMD Radeon Pro 570 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The benchmark database records two direct comparisons between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and the AMD Radeon Pro 570, and in both instances the NVIDIA card delivers a decisive victory. The most lopsided result comes from Geekbench OpenCL, where the RTX 3080 Ti scores 170,037 against the Radeon Pro 570's 27,702. That translates to a 513.8% advantage, a margin that places the two products in entirely different performance tiers. In raw compute workloads that scale well across massive parallel architectures, the Ampere-based card simply overwhelms the older GCN 4.0 design.

The second head-to-head test, Geekbench Vulkan, follows the same pattern. The RTX 3080 Ti posts 192,697 points, while the Radeon Pro 570 manages 31,974. The delta here is 502.7%, slightly narrower than the OpenCL gap but still overwhelming. Vulkan performance reflects both driver maturity and architectural efficiency, and the data shows the NVIDIA card holds a commanding lead in this API as well. Across the two recorded head-to-head tests, the RTX 3080 Ti wins both, giving it a clean 2-0 record.

Context from the broader database reinforces this divide. The RTX 3080 Ti's average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 41,187, while the Radeon Pro 570 averages 33,207. That works out to roughly a 24% gap in overall average performance, a substantial difference but one that understates the extreme disparity seen in the direct comparisons. The reason is that the two cards were tested under different benchmark suites: the Radeon Pro 570's average includes a Geekbench Metal score of 39,945, which is its strongest result, while the RTX 3080 Ti has no Metal entry in the database. When isolating the shared tests, the NVIDIA card's dominance becomes far more pronounced.

Looking at percentile rankings, the RTX 3080 Ti sits in the 83rd percentile among all GPUs in the database, while the Radeon Pro 570 ranks in the 78th percentile. That five-point gap in percentile position might suggest a closer contest than the head-to-head numbers indicate, but the percentile metric accounts for the entire GPU population, including many lower-end parts that the Radeon Pro 570 still outperforms. Within the direct comparison, there is no ambiguity: the RTX 3080 Ti is faster by a factor of roughly six in both shared workloads.

The Verdict

The data supports a straightforward conclusion: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the overwhelmingly faster product in every shared benchmark. Anyone selecting a GPU strictly for maximum compute throughput in OpenCL or Vulkan workloads should choose the RTX 3080 Ti without hesitation. Its 513.8% lead in OpenCL and 502.7% lead in Vulkan are not marginal differences; they represent generational and architectural leaps that cannot be bridged by driver updates or overclocking on the Radeon Pro 570.

The AMD Radeon Pro 570, however, occupies a specific niche. It is an integrated graphics processor (IGP) designed for portable devices, with no power connectors and a 150 W TDP. The RTX 3080 Ti, by contrast, is a dual-slot add-in card requiring a 750 W suggested power supply and a 12-pin connector. For a laptop or compact Mac-oriented system where discrete card installation is impossible, the Radeon Pro 570 is the only realistic option between the two. Its strengths lie not in raw performance but in integration and power efficiency within its constrained form factor.

The RTX 3080 Ti also carries a launch MSRP of 1,199 USD, while the Radeon Pro 570 has no recorded launch price. That price difference reflects the performance gulf, but for users whose systems cannot physically accommodate the NVIDIA card, the comparison is moot. The verdict: choose the RTX 3080 Ti for maximum performance, choose the Radeon Pro 570 only when the system form factor mandates an integrated GPU. The database shows no scenario where the Radeon Pro 570 wins a performance comparison.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti scores 170,037 versus the AMD Radeon Pro 570's 27,702, a 513.8% advantage for NVIDIA.

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

A: The RTX 3080 Ti scores 192,697 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the Radeon Pro 570 scores 31,974. The NVIDIA card leads by 502.7%.

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

A: The RTX 3080 Ti has an average benchmark score of 41,187 across all recorded tests. The Radeon Pro 570 averages 33,207.

Q: Which GPU has a higher percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti ranks in the 83rd percentile, while the Radeon Pro 570 ranks in the 78th percentile.

Q: Can the Radeon Pro 570 be installed in a desktop tower?

A: The Radeon Pro 570 is an integrated graphics processor (IGP) with no power connectors and no recorded physical dimensions. It is designed for portable device integration, not desktop installation.

Q: How many head-to-head benchmark wins does each card have?

A: The RTX 3080 Ti wins both recorded head-to-head tests. The Radeon Pro 570 has zero wins in direct comparisons.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every major specification category. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti uses 28,300 million transistors on a 628 mm² die, fabricated on an 8 nm process at Samsung. The AMD Radeon Pro 570 uses 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, built on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. Transistor density reflects this: the RTX 3080 Ti packs 45.1 million transistors per square millimeter, while the Radeon Pro 570 achieves 24.6 million per square millimeter.

Memory configurations diverge sharply. The RTX 3080 Ti offers 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 384-bit bus, delivering 912.4 GB/s of bandwidth. The Radeon Pro 570 provides 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, with 217.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Clock speeds also differ: the NVIDIA card runs at a 1365 MHz base and 1665 MHz boost, while the AMD card operates at 1000 MHz base and 1105 MHz boost. Memory clocks are 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective) for the RTX 3080 Ti and 1695 MHz (6.8 Gbps effective) for the Radeon Pro 570.

Compute resources show a massive disparity. The RTX 3080 Ti has 10,240 shading units, 320 texture mapping units, and 112 ROPs. The Radeon Pro 570 has 1,792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The RTX 3080 Ti also includes 80 ray tracing cores and 320 tensor cores, while the Radeon Pro 570 has none of either. Pixel rate is 186.5 GPixel/s for NVIDIA versus 35.36 GPixel/s for AMD. Texture rate is 532.8 GTexel/s versus 123.8 GTexel/s. FP32 performance measures 34.10 TFLOPS for the RTX 3080 Ti and 3.960 TFLOPS for the Radeon Pro 570.

Power and physical specifications differ fundamentally. The RTX 3080 Ti has a 350 W TDP, dual-slot width, and a 1x 12-pin power connector, with a suggested power supply of 750 W. The Radeon Pro 570 has a 150 W TDP, is an integrated graphics processor (IGP), requires no power connectors, and has no suggested PSU rating. The RTX 3080 Ti measures 285 mm in length, 112 mm in height, and 40 mm in width, while the Radeon Pro 570 has no recorded dimensions. The NVIDIA card uses PCIe 4.0 x16, the AMD card uses PCIe 3.0 x16. Display outputs are 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a for NVIDIA, versus portable device dependent outputs for AMD.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gulf between these two GPUs spans two distinct eras of graphics design. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is built on the Ampere architecture, using the GA102 chip. Ampere represents a major evolution from NVIDIA's prior Turing generation, introducing second-generation ray tracing cores and third-generation tensor cores. The RTX 3080 Ti's 80 ray tracing cores and 320 tensor cores enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI-based DLSS features, capabilities entirely absent from the Radeon Pro 570.

The AMD Radeon Pro 570 uses the Ellesmere chip based on GCN 4.0 architecture, part of the Radeon Pro Mac (500 Series) generation. GCN 4.0, also known as Polaris, was designed for efficient 14 nm manufacturing and focused on improving power efficiency over earlier GCN iterations. It lacks dedicated ray tracing hardware, tensor cores, or any equivalent AI acceleration blocks. The architecture targets compute workloads and traditional rasterization but does not include the specialized processing units found in the Ampere design.

The manufacturing processes reflect their respective release generations. The RTX 3080 Ti was released on 2021-05-30, while the Radeon Pro 570 launched on 2017-06-04, a gap of roughly four years. During that period, NVIDIA moved from 14 nm-class nodes to Samsung's 8 nm process, enabling the transistor count to jump from 5,700 million to 28,300 million. The die size also grew from 232 mm² to 628 mm², but the density improvement from 24.6M/mm² to 45.1M/mm² shows the process technology gains.

API support also differs. The RTX 3080 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Radeon Pro 570 supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. The DirectX feature level difference (12_2 versus 12_0) reflects the newer hardware's support for mesh shaders, variable rate shading, and other modern rendering features. Both cards report FP16 performance at a 1:1 ratio with FP32, but the absolute numbers are vastly different: 34.10 TFLOPS for NVIDIA versus 3.960 TFLOPS for AMD.

The Radeon Pro 570's positioning as a Mac-oriented integrated GPU means its architecture prioritizes compatibility with Apple's Metal API, which is why its Geekbench Metal score of 39,945 is its highest recorded result. The RTX 3080 Ti has no Metal benchmark in the database, as it targets Windows and Linux ecosystems. In shared workloads, however, the Ampere architecture's raw throughput and modern feature set make the comparison one-sided. The architectural differences are not merely incremental; they represent a fundamental shift in what a GPU can do, with the RTX 3080 Ti offering hardware features that the GCN 4.0 design cannot emulate.