AMD Radeon Pro 570 vs NVIDIA RTX A5000 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The benchmark data presents a stark contrast between these two workstation GPUs. In the two shared test workloads, the NVIDIA RTX A5000 delivers a decisive sweep, leaving the AMD Radeon Pro 570 with no victories in direct comparison.

The most dramatic disparity appears in Geekbench OpenCL, where the RTX A5000 scores 155,247 against the Radeon Pro 570’s 27,702. That is a 460.4% advantage, a figure that reflects not merely a generational gap but an architectural chasm. The AMD part trails by more than a factor of five in raw compute throughput as measured by this workload.

Geekbench Vulkan paints a similar picture, though with a slightly narrower margin. The RTX A5000 posts 137,199 points, while the Radeon Pro 570 manages 32,110. The delta here is 327.3% in favor of the NVIDIA card. While the Vulkan result narrows the relative gap compared to OpenCL, the absolute difference remains enormous — the RTX A5000 outperforms by over 105,000 points.

Looking beyond the head-to-head tests, the aggregate benchmark averages tell a surprising story. The RTX A5000’s average benchmark score is 33,294, and the Radeon Pro 570’s is 33,258. That is a delta of just 0.1% — essentially a statistical tie in overall standing. Both cards sit at the 77th percentile among all GPUs. This near-identical average arises because the two cards were tested across different suites: the RTX A5000 includes Passmark and 3DMark results alongside Geekbench, while the Radeon Pro 570 only has three Geekbench entries, one of which (Metal) is not shared with the NVIDIA card.

The nearestRivals data reinforces this odd equilibrium. The RTX A5000’s closest rival by average score is the AMD Radeon Pro 570 itself, with a delta of 0.1%. The AMD card’s closest rival is the RTX A5000 at -0.1%. Both are bracketed by NVIDIA GeForce MX550, RTX 3050 Mobile, and T550 Mobile, all within 0.4% of each other. This clustering suggests that average score alone obscures the massive workload-specific divergence.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gulf between these two parts is vast. The RTX A5000 is built on NVIDIA’s Ampere architecture, fabricated on an 8 nm process at Samsung. The chip, designated GA102, contains 28,300 million transistors on a 628 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 45.1 million per square millimeter. The Radeon Pro 570 uses AMD’s GCN 4.0 architecture on a 14 nm process from GlobalFoundries. Its Ellesmere chip packs 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, for a density of 24.6 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA part has nearly five times the transistor count on nearly three times the die area.

Memory configurations diverge sharply. The RTX A5000 features 24 GB of GDDR6 on a 384-bit bus, delivering 768.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Radeon Pro 570 offers 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, with 217.0 GB/s bandwidth. That is a sixfold difference in capacity and a 3.5x difference in bandwidth. The AMD card’s memory clock runs at 1695 MHz (6.8 Gbps effective), while the NVIDIA card’s memory runs at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective).

Compute resources follow the same pattern. The RTX A5000 has 8,192 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, and 96 ROPs. It also includes 64 ray tracing cores and 256 tensor cores. The Radeon Pro 570 has 1,792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with no ray tracing or tensor cores at all. The theoretical peak performance reflects this: the RTX A5000 achieves 27.77 TFLOPS FP32 and 27.77 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1), while the Radeon Pro 570 manages 3.960 TFLOPS in both FP32 and FP16. Pixel rate is 162.7 GPixel/s for NVIDIA versus 35.36 GPixel/s for AMD; texture rate is 433.9 GTexel/s versus 123.8 GTexel/s.

Clock speeds tell a subtler story. The RTX A5000 has a base clock of 1170 MHz and a boost of 1695 MHz. The Radeon Pro 570 runs lower, at 1000 MHz base and 1105 MHz boost. Even with the AMD card’s more modest clocks, the sheer difference in execution resources makes the performance gap inevitable.

Power and physical specifications also differ fundamentally. The RTX A5000 is a dual-slot card with a 230 W TDP, requiring a single 8-pin power connector and a 550 W suggested PSU. It measures 267 mm in length and 112 mm in height. The Radeon Pro 570 is an integrated graphics processor with a 150 W TDP, no power connectors, and dimensions listed as portable-device dependent. The NVIDIA card uses PCIe 4.0 x16; the AMD card uses PCIe 3.0 x16. Display outputs are four DisplayPort 1.4a on NVIDIA versus portable-device dependent on AMD.

API support shows the generational gap. The RTX A5000 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 NVIDIA card also includes ray tracing and tensor core hardware, enabling features the AMD part cannot accelerate.

The Verdict

The data points to an unambiguous conclusion for raw performance: the NVIDIA RTX A5000 is in a different class from the AMD Radeon Pro 570. In every shared benchmark, the NVIDIA card wins by margins ranging from 327% to 460%. Its memory capacity, bandwidth, compute units, and feature set are all overwhelmingly superior.

However, the average benchmark scores complicate the narrative. Both cards sit at the 77th percentile with nearly identical averages — 33,294 versus 33,258. This indicates that when normalized across their respective test suites, the Radeon Pro 570 holds its ground relative to the broader GPU landscape. The AMD card is not an embarrassment; it is simply a much older, much smaller part from a different era.

The choice between them depends entirely on the workload and context. The RTX A5000 is an end-of-life discrete workstation card released in April 2021, succeeding the Quadro Turing line and preceding Workstation Ada. The Radeon Pro 570 is an end-of-life integrated GPU from the Radeon Pro Mac 500 Series, released in June 2017. The NVIDIA card targets PCIe 4.0 desktop workstations with multiple displays and heavy compute demands. The AMD card is designed for portable devices where space and power are constrained.

For anyone needing compute performance, ray tracing, tensor operations, or large memory buffers, the RTX A5000 is the only rational choice. For an integrated solution in a portable form factor, the Radeon Pro 570 serves a fundamentally different purpose. The benchmark results do not show these cards competing for the same socket; they show two tools designed for different jobs.

FAQ

Q: Which card wins the Geekbench OpenCL test?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A5000 wins with a score of 155,247 versus the AMD Radeon Pro 570’s 27,702, a 460.4% advantage.

Q: How do the two cards compare in average benchmark score?

A: The RTX A5000 averages 33,294 and the Radeon Pro 570 averages 33,258, a difference of just 0.1%. Both are at the 77th percentile among all GPUs.

Q: What are the memory capacities of each card?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A5000 has 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 384-bit bus. The AMD Radeon Pro 570 has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon Pro 570 support ray tracing?

A: No. The Radeon Pro 570 has no ray tracing cores or tensor cores. The RTX A5000 includes 64 ray tracing cores and 256 tensor cores.

Q: What is the difference in transistor count between the two chips?

A: The RTX A5000’s GA102 chip contains 28,300 million transistors, while the Radeon Pro 570’s Ellesmere chip contains 5,700 million transistors.

Q: Which card has higher memory bandwidth?

A: The RTX A5000 delivers 768.0 GB/s, more than three times the Radeon Pro 570’s 217.0 GB/s.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX A5000 wins every shared benchmark workload. In Geekbench OpenCL, its 460.4% lead indicates dominance in general-purpose compute tasks that leverage OpenCL acceleration. In Geekbench Vulkan, the 327.3% advantage shows similar superiority for graphics workloads using the Vulkan API. The NVIDIA card’s 24 GB memory capacity and 768.0 GB/s bandwidth make it suitable for large datasets, high-resolution textures, or multi-application workflows that would exhaust the Radeon Pro 570’s 4 GB frame buffer.

The Radeon Pro 570’s wins are not in performance but in form factor and power envelope. As an integrated GPU with 150 W TDP and no power connectors, it fits into portable devices where a dual-slot, 230 W discrete card with an 8-pin connector cannot. Its PCIe 3.0 interface and portable-device-dependent outputs reflect its intended role in compact systems. The AMD card’s 14 nm process and 5,700 million transistors are modest by modern standards, but they enable a solution that requires no additional power delivery or expansion slot beyond the motherboard.

For compute-heavy workstation tasks — rendering, simulation, machine learning inference, or any workload exploiting tensor cores — the RTX A5000 is the clear winner. For a low-power integrated solution in a portable chassis, the Radeon Pro 570 offers a functional baseline with no upgrade path. The data shows that these cards occupy different tiers: the RTX A5000 is a high-end discrete accelerator, while the Radeon Pro 570 is an entry-level integrated part. The 0.1% average score difference is a statistical artifact of different test suites, not evidence of comparable real-world performance.