AMD Radeon Pro 5700 vs Intel Arc B570 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The Intel Arc B570 dominates this comparison, winning 7 of the 9 recorded benchmark tests. The most dramatic margin appears in Geekbench Vulkan, where the Arc B570 scores 96,844 against the Radeon Pro 5700's 51,289, a 88.8% advantage. That is not a marginal gap; it is a generational leap in API-level performance.

Geekbench OpenCL tells a similar story, though less extreme. The Arc B570 posts 83,514 versus 52,787 for the Radeon Pro 5700, a 58.2% difference. Both of these results point to the Intel part having substantially higher raw compute throughput, which is consistent with its FP32 rating of 11.52 TFLOPS compared to 6.221 TFLOPS for the AMD card.

DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 results reinforce the Intel advantage. In Passmark DX11, the Arc B570 scores 118 against 78, a 51.3% lead. In DX12, the margin is exactly 50%, with scores of 72 and 48. The older DirectX 9 test shows a smaller but still clear win for Intel: 164 versus 143, a 14.7% edge. The Arc B570 also wins the Passmark G3D test with 14,195 against 11,583, a 22.6% improvement, and the GPU compute test with 7,281 versus 4,961, a 46.8% lead.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 takes only two tests, both in older or 2D workloads. In Passmark DirectX 10, it scores 71 against 65, an 8.5% win. More notably, it wins Passmark G2D with 805 against 661, a 17.9% margin. The G2D result is interesting because it measures 2D graphics acceleration, a category where the AMD part's older architecture still holds an edge. However, these two wins cover legacy APIs and 2D operations, not the modern 3D or compute workloads that matter for most current use cases.

The overall average benchmark score confirms the hierarchy: the Arc B570 sits at 20,556, while the Radeon Pro 5700 lands at 18,189. That difference places the Intel card in the 65th percentile of all GPUs, versus the 62nd percentile for the AMD part. The nearest rivals for each card also show where they slot in. The Arc B570 trades blows with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (0.1% ahead) and the Intel Arc A750 (0.1% behind). The Radeon Pro 5700 sits close to the RTX 3060 Mobile (0.2% ahead) and the RTX 2060 SUPER (0.5% ahead).

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc B570 is the clear choice for modern 3D rendering, compute workloads, and any task that leverages Vulkan or OpenCL. Its Vulkan score is nearly double the AMD card's, which suggests strong driver optimization for current-generation APIs. The compute results, both in Geekbench OpenCL and Passmark GPU Compute, show that the Intel part handles general-purpose GPU work far better. For gaming, the DX11 and DX12 wins point to solid performance in modern titles, and the G3D score of 14,195 versus 11,583 indicates a meaningfully faster overall 3D pipeline.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 has narrow but real strengths in two areas. The Passmark G2D win suggests it handles 2D desktop workloads and basic UI acceleration with less overhead. The DirectX 10 result, while a single test, indicates that legacy DX10 applications may run slightly better on the AMD hardware. For users running older software or working in 2D-centric environments, the AMD card remains serviceable. However, those are niche scenarios in 2025, and the overall benchmark picture heavily favors Intel.

It is importantly the AMD part is listed as end-of-life, while the Intel card is active production. The Radeon Pro 5700's nearest rivals include the RX 460 and the Arc A770M, both older or lower-tier products, which confirms its position as a dated workstation part. The Intel Arc B570, by contrast, competes with mobile RTX 3070-class hardware, a much stronger peer group.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations and design philosophies. The Intel Arc B570 uses the BMG-G21 chip built on Xe2-HPG architecture, part of the Battlemage generation. It is fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, with 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. The resulting transistor density is 72.1 million per mm², a very high figure that reflects the modern process node.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 uses the Navi 10 chip based on RDNA 1.0 architecture, part of the Radeon Pro Mac generation. It is built on a 7 nm process, also at TSMC, with 10,300 million transistors on a 251 mm² die. That works out to 41.0 million transistors per mm², which is significantly lower than the Intel chip. The process node difference (5 nm versus 7 nm) explains much of the density gap and contributes to the Intel card's higher clock speeds.

Clock speeds differ substantially. The Arc B570 runs at a flat 2500 MHz for both base and boost, which is unusual and indicates a locked, efficient design. The Radeon Pro 5700 operates at 1243 MHz base and 1350 MHz boost, meaning the Intel chip runs at nearly double the clock frequency. This clock advantage, combined with the architectural improvements in Xe2-HPG over RDNA 1.0, drives the large performance deltas seen in the benchmarks.

The memory subsystems also diverge. The Arc B570 has 10 GB of GDDR6 on a 160-bit bus, yielding 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Radeon Pro 5700 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, yielding 384.0 GB/s. The bandwidth figures are nearly identical, but the Intel card has more capacity and a narrower bus, while the AMD card has less capacity and a wider bus. The effective memory clock differs too: 19 Gbps for Intel versus 12 Gbps for AMD.

Ray tracing support is another differentiator. The Arc B570 includes 18 dedicated RT cores, while the Radeon Pro 5700 has none listed. This means hardware-accelerated ray tracing is available on the Intel card but not on the AMD part, which is a significant feature gap for modern games and 3D applications.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every specification category. The Arc B570 has a base and boost clock of 2500 MHz, while the Radeon Pro 5700 runs at 1243 MHz base and 1350 MHz boost. Memory capacity is 10 GB versus 8 GB, with bus widths of 160-bit and 256-bit respectively. Despite the narrower bus, the Intel card's higher memory clock (2375 MHz, 19 Gbps effective) brings bandwidth to 380.0 GB/s, just under the AMD card's 384.0 GB/s.

The shading unit count is identical at 2304, and TMUs match at 144. However, ROPs differ: 80 on the Intel card versus 64 on the AMD card. The pixel rate reflects this, with the Arc B570 at 200.0 GPixel/s against 86.40 GPixel/s for the Radeon Pro 5700. Texture rates also favor Intel: 360.0 GTexel/s versus 194.4 GTexel/s.

FP32 compute is nearly double on the Intel card: 11.52 TFLOPS versus 6.221 TFLOPS. FP16 follows the same pattern at 23.04 TFLOPS versus 12.44 TFLOPS, both at 2:1 ratio. The Intel card has 18 RT cores, while the AMD card has none. Power draw is 150 W for Intel and 130 W for AMD, but the suggested PSU is 450 W versus 300 W, reflecting the higher peak demands of the Intel architecture.

Form factor and connectivity differ sharply. The Arc B570 is a dual-slot card with a 1x 8-pin power connector, measuring 272 mm in length and 115 mm in height. It has 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1 outputs. The Radeon Pro 5700 is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no power connectors and no display outputs, which means it is designed for systems with separate display handling, typically Mac Pro configurations.

The bus interface also differs: PCIe 4.0 x8 on the Intel card versus PCIe 4.0 x16 on the AMD card. The Intel card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the AMD card supports DirectX 12 (12_1). Both support OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4. The Intel card is active production with a launch MSRP of 219 USD, while the AMD card is end-of-life with no launch MSRP recorded.

FAQ

Q: Which card has better overall compute performance?

A: The Intel Arc B570 is significantly ahead. It scores 83,514 in Geekbench OpenCL versus 52,787 for the AMD Radeon Pro 5700, a 58.2% lead. In Passmark GPU Compute, the Intel card scores 7,281 versus 4,961, a 46.8% advantage.

Q: Is the AMD Radeon Pro 5700 competitive in any modern benchmark?

A: The AMD card wins only two tests: Passmark DirectX 10 (71 versus 65) and Passmark G2D (805 versus 661). Both are legacy or 2D workloads, not representative of modern 3D or compute tasks.

Q: How do the memory configurations compare?

A: The Intel Arc B570 has 10 GB of GDDR6 on a 160-bit bus with 380.0 GB/s bandwidth. The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth. Bandwidth is nearly identical, but the Intel card offers 2 GB more capacity.

Q: Does the AMD card support ray tracing?

A: No. The Radeon Pro 5700 has no RT cores listed, while the Intel Arc B570 includes 18 RT cores. This is a major feature gap for ray-traced workloads.

Q: Which card has a higher clock speed?

A: The Intel Arc B570 runs at 2500 MHz for both base and boost. The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 runs at 1243 MHz base and 1350 MHz boost. The Intel card operates at nearly double the clock frequency.

Q: What is the production status of each card?

A: The Intel Arc B570 is active production, released on 2025-01-15. The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 is end-of-life, released on 2020-08-03.

The Verdict

The data points to one clear conclusion: the Intel Arc B570 is the superior GPU for nearly every use case. It wins 7 of 9 benchmarks, with decisive advantages in Vulkan (88.8%), OpenCL (58.2%), DX11 (51.3%), DX12 (50%), and GPU compute (46.8%). Its higher clock speed, doubled FP32 throughput, and dedicated RT cores make it a more capable modern graphics processor.

The AMD Radeon Pro 5700 is not without merit, but its wins are confined to legacy DirectX 10 and 2D workloads. For users running old software or requiring low-power integrated graphics, it remains functional. However, its end-of-life status, lack of ray tracing, and significantly lower compute performance make it a poor choice for current applications.

Anyone building a system for gaming, 3D rendering, or compute-heavy work should choose the Intel Arc B570. Its 10 GB memory capacity, 380 GB/s bandwidth, and 11.52 TFLOPS FP32 performance place it in a different class from the Radeon Pro 5700. The only scenario where the AMD card makes sense is a specialized deployment that relies on its G2D performance or requires its IGP form factor with no display outputs. For everything else, the Intel card is the data-backed winner.