GPU Comparison

AMD Radeon Pro 570 vs NVIDIA TITAN RTX: two professional-grade GPUs from different eras, with the Radeon Pro 570 built for integrated Mac workflows and the TITAN RTX designed as a dual-slot compute monster. The benchmark data reveals a stark performance gap, yet the Radeon Pro 570 still holds a surprising position in the overall GPU percentile ranking. This analysis breaks down the numbers to see where each card truly stands.

FAQ

Q: How do the two cards compare in the shared Geekbench OpenCL benchmark?

A: The NVIDIA TITAN RTX scores 144,858 in Geekbench OpenCL, which is 80.9% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro 570's 27,702. This is the single largest delta between the two in the available head-to-head tests.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each GPU, and what does that indicate?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 570 has an average benchmark score of 33,207, while the NVIDIA TITAN RTX sits at 31,676. Despite the TITAN RTX winning both direct head-to-head tests, its average score is actually 4.6% lower than the Radeon Pro 570's.

Q: How does the Radeon Pro 570's performance compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The Radeon Pro 570's average score of 33,207 places it just 0.1% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (33,170) and NVIDIA T550 Mobile (33,161). It also leads the NVIDIA P104-100 by 0.7% and the NVIDIA T600 Mobile by 1.1%.

Q: What is the TITAN RTX's standing among its closest competitors?

A: The TITAN RTX's average score of 31,676 is 0.5% behind the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (31,532) and 0.7% behind the Intel Arc Pro A30M (31,894). It beats the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q by 1.5% and the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 by 1.5%.

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

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 570 ranks in the 78th percentile, while the NVIDIA TITAN RTX sits in the 76th percentile. This means the Radeon Pro 570 outperforms a larger share of the overall GPU pool in the database.

Q: What are the direct head-to-head benchmark results?

A: There are only two shared benchmarks. The TITAN RTX wins both: Geekbench OpenCL (144,858 vs 27,702, a -80.9% delta for AMD) and Geekbench Vulkan (136,073 vs 31,974, a -76.5% delta for AMD). The TITAN RTX secures 2 wins, while the Radeon Pro 570 has 0.

The Verdict

The data paints a clear picture for raw compute performance: the NVIDIA TITAN RTX is the overwhelming choice for tasks that leverage OpenCL or Vulkan, where it delivers 4.3x and 4.2x the scores of the Radeon Pro 570 respectively. However, the Radeon Pro 570's higher average benchmark score (33,207 vs 31,676) and superior percentile ranking (78th vs 76th) suggest it may be the more balanced performer across a wider variety of workloads not captured in the head-to-head tests.

Given the TITAN RTX's massive lead in the two shared tests, it is the obvious pick for any professional application that relies on those specific APIs. The Radeon Pro 570, with its integrated form factor and lower power footprint, might be preferable for Mac-based systems where the TITAN RTX's dual-slot design and power connectors are not an option. Ultimately, the choice hinges on whether you prioritize raw compute throughput in the tested APIs or a more well-rounded average score profile.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The direct comparison is brutal for the AMD Radeon Pro 570. In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the TITAN RTX scores 144,858 against the Radeon's 27,702, a difference of -80.9% for AMD. This is a massive gulf, indicating the TITAN RTX is in a completely different performance class for general-purpose GPU compute. The Vulkan test tells a similar story: the TITAN RTX posts 136,073, while the Radeon Pro 570 manages 31,974, a -76.5% delta. These are not close contests; they are one-sided routs.

The TITAN RTX sweeps both head-to-head benchmarks, earning 2 wins to the Radeon Pro 570's 0. Yet, the average benchmark score complicates the narrative. The Radeon Pro 570's average of 33,207 is actually higher than the TITAN RTX's 31,676. This discrepancy suggests that while the TITAN RTX excels in the OpenCL and Vulkan tests, it may lag in other unlisted benchmark suites, pulling its average down. The Radeon Pro 570, by contrast, appears to be more consistent across a broader spectrum of tests, even if it loses the two direct comparisons by enormous margins.

Specification Differences

The two cards have fundamentally different memory configurations. The AMD Radeon Pro 570 is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, yielding 217.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA TITAN RTX offers 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 384-bit bus, providing 672.0 GB/s. This is a 6x difference in capacity and a 3.1x difference in bandwidth, which explains the TITAN's dominance in memory-intensive compute tasks.

Clock speeds also differ significantly. The Radeon Pro 570 runs at a base clock of 1000 MHz and a boost of 1105 MHz, with memory at 1695 MHz (6.8 Gbps effective). The TITAN RTX boosts much higher, with a base of 1350 MHz and a boost of 1770 MHz, and memory at 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). The TITAN RTX's higher boost clock and faster memory contribute directly to its higher pixel and texture rates.

The compute units tell the story of architectural scale. The Radeon Pro 570 has 1792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The TITAN RTX has 4608 shading units, 288 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. This translates to a pixel rate of 35.36 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 123.8 GTexel/s for AMD, versus 169.9 GPixel/s and 509.8 GTexel/s for NVIDIA. The FP32 throughput is 3.960 TFLOPS for the Radeon and 16.31 TFLOPS for the TITAN, a 4.1x difference.

Power and physical requirements differ as well. The Radeon Pro 570 has a 150 W TDP and is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no power connectors, making it suitable for portable devices. The TITAN RTX has a 280 W TDP, is dual-slot, requires 2x 8-pin power connectors, and suggests a 600 W PSU. It measures 267 mm in length, 116 mm in height, and 35 mm in width.

Architecture Differences

The architectural divide is generational. The AMD Radeon Pro 570 is built on the GCN 4.0 architecture using the Ellesmere chip, fabricated on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. It contains 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, with a transistor density of 24.6M / mm². It supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3.

The NVIDIA TITAN RTX uses the Turing architecture with the TU102 chip, manufactured by TSMC on a 12 nm process. It packs 18,600 million transistors on a 754 mm² die, with a density of 24.7M / mm². It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Crucially, the TITAN RTX features 72 RT cores and 576 tensor cores, which the Radeon Pro 570 lacks entirely. This gives the TITAN RTX dedicated hardware for ray tracing and AI workloads, while the Radeon Pro 570 relies purely on its general-purpose shaders.

The FP16 performance also differs. The Radeon Pro 570 delivers 3.960 TFLOPS FP16 with a 1:1 ratio to FP32, meaning no acceleration for half-precision. The TITAN RTX delivers 32.62 TFLOPS FP16 with a 2:1 ratio, effectively doubling its FP32 throughput for supported workloads. This is a significant advantage for the TITAN RTX in AI inference and training tasks. The Radeon Pro 570's only advantage here is its lower power draw and integrated form factor, which are architectural choices for portability rather than performance.

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA TITAN RTX wins decisively in the direct benchmark tests. It dominates Geekbench OpenCL with a score of 144,858, which is 423% higher than the Radeon Pro 570's 27,702. It similarly crushes the Vulkan test, scoring 136,073 versus 31,974, a 326% advantage. This makes the TITAN RTX the clear choice for any application that relies on these two APIs, such as GPU-accelerated rendering, scientific computing, or machine learning frameworks that use OpenCL or Vulkan backends.

The AMD Radeon Pro 570 wins in the aggregate. Its average benchmark score of 33,207 is higher than the TITAN RTX's 31,676, and it holds a 78th percentile ranking versus the TITAN's 76th. This suggests the Radeon Pro 570 is more consistent across the entire benchmark suite, potentially performing better in legacy or DirectX-based tests where the TITAN RTX's high-end specs are not fully utilized. Its 150 W TDP and IGP form factor also make it the only viable option for ultra-thin or portable Mac systems, where the TITAN RTX's dual-slot, 280 W design with external power connectors would be physically impossible to install.

The TITAN RTX also wins on features. The presence of 72 RT cores and 576 tensor cores, absent in the Radeon Pro 570, enables hardware-accelerated ray tracing and tensor operations, making it the only choice for real-time ray tracing or AI-accelerated workloads. The Radeon Pro 570, with no such dedicated hardware, must rely on its FP32 compute, which is 4.1x slower than the TITAN RTX's. For users needing those specific capabilities, the TITAN RTX is the sole option.