AMD Radeon Pro 570X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Comparison

AMD Radeon Pro 570X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti occupy vastly different tiers of the GPU performance spectrum, as evidenced by their benchmark scores. The Radeon Pro 570X, an end-of-life mobile workstation part from 2019, delivers an average benchmark score of 32,176, placing it in the 76th percentile of all GPUs. The RTX 3070 Ti, a desktop enthusiast card from 2021, has an average score of 29,945, sitting in the 75th percentile. However, these averages are misleading because they aggregate different test suites; direct head-to-head comparisons in shared workloads show the RTX 3070 Ti dominates by massive margins, with the Radeon Pro 570X trailing by 76.9% to 79.3%. The data reveals a generational and architectural chasm, not a close contest.

FAQ

Q: How does the AMD Radeon Pro 570X compare to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti in raw compute benchmarks?

A: In the two shared head-to-head tests, the RTX 3070 Ti wins both decisively. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 3070 Ti scores 119,718 versus the Radeon Pro 570X's 27,604, a delta of -76.9% for the AMD card. In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 3070 Ti scores 139,541 versus 28,859, a delta of -79.3%.

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score across all its tested workloads?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 570X has a higher average benchmark score of 32,176 compared to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti's 29,945. However, this is because the Radeon Pro 570X was tested only in Geekbench Metal, OpenCL, and Vulkan, while the RTX 3070 Ti includes many lower-scoring Passmark tests that drag its average down.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference between the two cards?

A: The Radeon Pro 570X has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 217.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 3070 Ti has 8 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus, providing 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 3070 Ti has double the capacity and nearly three times the bandwidth.

Q: Do both GPUs support the same DirectX version?

A: No. The Radeon Pro 570X supports DirectX 12 (12_0), while the RTX 3070 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). The RTX 3070 Ti also has a newer Vulkan version (1.4) compared to the Radeon Pro 570X's Vulkan 1.3.

Q: Which GPU has more shading units and texture mapping units?

A: The RTX 3070 Ti has 6,144 shading units and 192 TMUs. The Radeon Pro 570X has 1,792 shading units and 112 TMUs. The RTX 3070 Ti has roughly 3.4 times more shading units and 1.7 times more TMUs.

Q: What are the power consumption and physical size differences?

A: The Radeon Pro 570X has a 150 W TDP and is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no power connectors. The RTX 3070 Ti has a 290 W TDP, is dual-slot, requires a 1x 12-pin power connector, and a 600 W suggested PSU. The RTX 3070 Ti is 267 mm long and 112 mm tall.

The Verdict

For any workload that appears in the shared benchmark suite, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is the clear and overwhelming choice. The data shows a 76.9% lead in OpenCL and a 79.3% lead in Vulkan, which is not a marginal difference but a categorical one. The RTX 3070 Ti also brings hardware ray tracing cores (48) and tensor cores (192), features entirely absent from the Radeon Pro 570X. Anyone selecting a GPU for compute, gaming, or modern API workloads should pick the RTX 3070 Ti based on these results.

The AMD Radeon Pro 570X has only one statistical advantage: its higher aggregate average benchmark score (32,176 vs. 29,945) and a slightly better percentile ranking (76th vs. 75th). However, this is an artifact of test selection, not real-world superiority. The Radeon Pro 570X's only wins are in Geekbench Metal (40,066) — a test the RTX 3070 Ti does not run — and its average score is buoyed by the absence of low-end DirectX and Passmark tests. For a user constrained to the Radeon Pro 570X's specific mobile, integrated form factor, it is a functional option, but the benchmark data offers no reason to prefer it over the RTX 3070 Ti in any shared scenario.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The head-to-head results are stark and unambiguous. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 3070 Ti scores 119,718 against the Radeon Pro 570X's 27,604. This is a delta of -76.9% for the AMD part, meaning the NVIDIA card delivers more than four times the compute performance in this API. The gap is even larger in Geekbench Vulkan, where the RTX 3070 Ti scores 139,541 versus 28,859, a delta of -79.3%. In absolute terms, the RTX 3070 Ti outperforms the Radeon Pro 570X by 92,114 points in OpenCL and 110,682 points in Vulkan.

These deltas are consistent with the underlying hardware specifications. The RTX 3070 Ti has 6,144 shading units versus 1,792, and its FP32 throughput is 21.75 TFLOPS versus 3.960 TFLOPS. The RTX 3070 Ti also has a 608.3 GB/s memory bandwidth versus 217.0 GB/s, which is critical for memory-bound workloads. The Radeon Pro 570X's lone benchmark victory is in Geekbench Metal, where it scores 40,066; however, the RTX 3070 Ti has no Metal score in the data, so no direct comparison is possible. In every test where both cards appear, the RTX 3070 Ti wins with a margin larger than 75%. The wins total 2 for the RTX 3070 Ti and 0 for the Radeon Pro 570X.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every measurable specification. The Radeon Pro 570X uses a 14 nm process from GlobalFoundries, while the RTX 3070 Ti uses an 8 nm process from Samsung. Transistor counts are 5,700 million for the AMD chip versus 17,400 million for the NVIDIA chip, with die sizes of 232 mm² and 392 mm² respectively. The Radeon Pro 570X has a transistor density of 24.6M / mm², while the RTX 3070 Ti has 44.4M / mm².

Clock speeds differ significantly: the Radeon Pro 570X runs at 1000 MHz base and 1105 MHz boost, while the RTX 3070 Ti runs at 1575 MHz base and 1770 MHz boost. Memory is 4 GB GDDR5 at 1695 MHz (6.8 Gbps effective) for the AMD card, versus 8 GB GDDR6X at 1188 MHz (19 Gbps effective) for the NVIDIA card. The RTX 3070 Ti has 96 ROPs versus 32, and its pixel rate is 169.9 GPixel/s versus 35.36 GPixel/s. Texture rates are 339.8 GTexel/s versus 123.8 GTexel/s. The RTX 3070 Ti has 48 RT cores and 192 tensor cores; the Radeon Pro 570X has none of either.

Power and physical specs also diverge: the Radeon Pro 570X is a 150 W IGP with no power connectors, while the RTX 3070 Ti is a 290 W dual-slot card requiring a 1x 12-pin connector and a 600 W PSU. The bus interface is PCIe 3.0 x16 for the AMD card and PCIe 4.0 x16 for the NVIDIA card. Display outputs are portable-device-dependent for the Radeon Pro 570X, while the RTX 3070 Ti offers 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. The RTX 3070 Ti has a launch MSRP of 599 USD; the Radeon Pro 570X has no launch MSRP field. The Radeon Pro 570X was released in 2019, and the RTX 3070 Ti in 2021.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap is fundamental. The Radeon Pro 570X is built on AMD's GCN 4.0 architecture, using the Ellesmere chip, and belongs to the Radeon Pro Mac (500X Series) generation. GCN 4.0 is a scalar-oriented design from 2016, with no dedicated hardware for ray tracing or tensor operations. Its FP16 throughput is identical to FP32 at 3.960 TFLOPS (1:1), indicating no specialized half-precision acceleration.

The RTX 3070 Ti uses NVIDIA's Ampere architecture on the GA104 chip, part of the GeForce 30-series. Ampere introduces dedicated RT cores (48) for hardware-accelerated ray tracing and tensor cores (192) for AI and DLSS workloads. Its FP16 throughput is 21.75 TFLOPS (1:1), matching FP32, but the presence of tensor cores allows for mixed-precision compute that the GCN part cannot match. The RTX 3070 Ti supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), which includes features like mesh shaders and variable-rate shading; the Radeon Pro 570X only supports DirectX 12 (12_0). Vulkan support is also newer on the RTX 3070 Ti (1.4 vs. 1.3). The Radeon Pro 570X's predecessor is not listed, but the RTX 3070 Ti's predecessor is GeForce 20 and successor is GeForce 40, showing a clear generational lineage.

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti wins in every direct comparison and in every modern workload category. It is the only choice for DirectX 12 Ultimate features, ray tracing, and tensor-core-accelerated tasks. Its 608.3 GB/s memory bandwidth and 21.75 TFLOPS FP32 make it superior for high-resolution rendering, complex compute shaders, and AI inference. The RTX 3070 Ti's 8 GB GDDR6X memory also provides headroom for large textures and datasets that would exhaust the Radeon Pro 570X's 4 GB GDDR5 pool. In the available OpenCL and Vulkan benchmarks, the RTX 3070 Ti wins by 76.9% and 79.3% respectively, so any user running those APIs should select it without hesitation.

The AMD Radeon Pro 570X has no benchmark wins in shared tests. Its only advantage is in Geekbench Metal, where it scores 40,066, but there is no comparable Metal score for the RTX 3070 Ti in the data. The Radeon Pro 570X also has a higher aggregate average score (32,176) and a higher percentile rank (76th vs. 75th), but this is due to the different test suites used. In practical terms, the Radeon Pro 570X's 150 W TDP and IGP form factor make it suitable for compact, low-power, portable systems where the 290 W dual-slot RTX 3070 Ti cannot physically fit. For users constrained to that form factor and to Metal-based applications on macOS, the Radeon Pro 570X is the only option in this comparison. For everyone else, the RTX 3070 Ti is the definitive winner.