AMD Radeon Pro 570X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile Comparison

The AMD Radeon Pro 570X and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile represent two distinct eras of mobile graphics, separated by six years of architectural evolution. The data shows a decisive performance gulf, with the RTX 5070 Mobile winning both shared benchmark comparisons by overwhelming margins, yet the Radeon Pro 570X holds its own in the percentile rankings, sitting at the 76th percentile versus the NVIDIA part's 75th. This creates an interesting paradox: the older AMD card is rated slightly higher in overall percentile despite being utterly outclassed in raw compute tests, a situation explained by the different benchmark suites and the Radeon's position among its contemporaries.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The two common benchmarks between these GPUs paint a stark picture of generational advancement. In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile scores 122,238 against the AMD Radeon Pro 570X's 27,604. This represents a delta of -77.4% for the AMD part, meaning the RTX 5070 Mobile delivers roughly 4.4 times the OpenCL compute performance. The margin is so large that the Radeon's score barely registers as a fraction of the NVIDIA GPU's output, highlighting the massive leap in raw throughput achieved between the GCN 4.0 and Blackwell 2.0 architectures.

Vulkan results tell a similar story, though with a slightly smaller gap. The RTX 5070 Mobile posts 116,960 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the Radeon Pro 570X manages 28,859. The delta here is -75.3%, translating to the NVIDIA part being approximately 4.05 times faster. Interestingly, the AMD card performs relatively better in Vulkan than in OpenCL, narrowing the gap by about 2 percentage points, which suggests the older GCN architecture's Vulkan driver implementation was comparatively more efficient than its OpenCL path. Nevertheless, the outcome is unambiguous: the RTX 5070 Mobile wins both head-to-head tests, securing a 2-0 victory in the direct comparison.

Looking at the broader benchmark landscape, the RTX 5070 Mobile's average benchmark score of 29,928 places it in a competitive position against recent desktop GPUs. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, scores 29,945, a mere 0.1% difference, making these two effectively identical in average performance. The RTX 5070 Mobile also edges out the RTX 2080 Ti by 0.5% (29,783) and trails the AMD Radeon RX 6800 by 0.6% (30,095) and the RX 6700 by 1.7% (30,433). This clustering within a 2% band indicates that the mobile Blackwell part delivers desktop-class performance from a 50W envelope.

For the Radeon Pro 570X, its average score of 32,176 positions it against older professional and high-end parts. It sits just 0.7% behind the AMD FirePro S10000 (32,388) and 0.9% behind the Radeon RX 7900 GRE (32,456), while leading the Intel Arc Pro A30M by 0.9% (31,894) and the FirePro S9300 X2 by 1.1% (32,540). These tight margins suggest the Radeon Pro 570X was well-optimized for its era, but those rivals are themselves dated, and the absolute scores remain far below the RTX 5070 Mobile's peak OpenCL result.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile in OpenCL compute?

A: The RTX 5070 Mobile scores 122,238 in Geekbench OpenCL versus 27,604 for the AMD Radeon Pro 570X, a delta of -77.4% for the AMD part, meaning the NVIDIA GPU is roughly 4.4 times faster in this test.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon Pro 570X outperform the RTX 5070 Mobile in any benchmark?

A: No. In the two shared benchmarks (Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan), the RTX 5070 Mobile wins both. The AMD card has zero benchmark wins in the head-to-head comparison.

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

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 570X sits at the 76th percentile, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile is at the 75th percentile. Despite losing every direct benchmark, the AMD card ranks one percentile point higher in the overall database.

Q: What is the memory configuration difference between these two GPUs?

A: The Radeon Pro 570X uses 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus with 217.0 GB/s bandwidth, while the RTX 5070 Mobile has 8 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: How do the transistor counts compare between the two chips?

A: The AMD Ellesmere chip contains 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, while the NVIDIA GB206 packs 21,900 million transistors into a smaller 181 mm² die, resulting in a transistor density of 121.0M/mm² versus 24.6M/mm².

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The Radeon Pro 570X has a TDP of 150 W, whereas the RTX 5070 Mobile draws only 50 W, making the NVIDIA part three times more power-efficient in terms of rated thermal design power.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gulf between these GPUs is foundational. The AMD Radeon Pro 570X uses the Ellesmere chip built on GCN 4.0 architecture, fabricated on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. This architecture dates from an era before dedicated ray tracing or tensor cores, relying on 1,792 shading units, 112 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs to handle all compute tasks. The chip contains 5,700 million transistors spread across a 232 mm² die, yielding a density of 24.6 million transistors per square millimeter.

In contrast, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile employs the GB206 chip based on Blackwell 2.0 architecture, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. This newer design integrates 36 dedicated ray tracing cores and 144 tensor cores alongside 4,608 shading units, 144 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The transistor count jumps to 21,900 million, packed into a smaller 181 mm² die, achieving a density of 121.0 million transistors per square millimeter — nearly five times higher than the AMD part. This density advantage is the primary driver of the RTX 5070 Mobile's superior performance at lower power.

The API support also reflects their respective generations. The Radeon Pro 570X supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. The RTX 5070 Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, adding features like hardware ray tracing and mesh shaders that the AMD card cannot accelerate. The memory subsystems differ similarly: GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus versus GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, with the newer memory type delivering higher bandwidth despite the narrower interface.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs diverge across nearly every measurable specification. The Radeon Pro 570X operates at a base clock of 1000 MHz and boosts to 1105 MHz, while the RTX 5070 Mobile has a lower base of 907 MHz but a significantly higher boost of 1425 MHz. Memory clocks differ dramatically: the AMD card runs at 1695 MHz (6.8 Gbps effective) with 4 GB GDDR5, while the NVIDIA part uses 1500 MHz (24 Gbps effective) with 8 GB GDDR7.

Compute resources show the NVIDIA part's advantage: 4,608 shading units versus 1,792, 144 TMUs versus 112, and 48 ROPs versus 32. The RTX 5070 Mobile also has 36 RT cores and 144 tensor cores, features entirely absent from the Radeon Pro 570X. Pixel rate stands at 68.40 GPixel/s for NVIDIA versus 35.36 GPixel/s for AMD, and texture rate at 205.2 GTexel/s versus 123.8 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 13.13 TFLOPS for the RTX 5070 Mobile versus 3.960 TFLOPS for the Radeon, with both offering 1:1 FP16 to FP32 ratios.

Power consumption reverses the performance trend: the Radeon Pro 570X draws 150 W TDP versus just 50 W for the RTX 5070 Mobile. Both use IGP slot width with no power connectors, and both are portable-device dependent for display outputs. The bus interface differs — PCIe 3.0 x16 for AMD versus PCIe 5.0 x16 for NVIDIA. Release dates are separated by over six years: March 2019 for the Radeon Pro 570X (now end-of-life) versus April 2025 for the RTX 5070 Mobile (active production).

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile wins decisively in every measurable performance category. Its 122,238 OpenCL score and 116,960 Vulkan score make it the clear choice for compute-intensive workloads like GPU-accelerated rendering, machine learning inference, and scientific simulation. The 36 RT cores enable hardware ray tracing, a capability the Radeon Pro 570X simply lacks, making the RTX 5070 Mobile the preferred option for modern gaming and real-time ray-traced visualization. The 8 GB GDDR7 memory with 384.0 GB/s bandwidth also provides more capacity and faster throughput for large datasets and high-resolution textures.

The AMD Radeon Pro 570X's only advantages are contextual rather than performance-based. Its 76th percentile ranking versus the RTX 5070 Mobile's 75th suggests that within its own generation, the Radeon Pro 570X was a stronger relative performer among its peers than the RTX 5070 Mobile is among newer GPUs. The 150 W TDP, while higher in absolute terms, may be more suitable for systems with abundant cooling and power delivery, such as older workstation laptops where the 50 W RTX 5070 Mobile's power efficiency might not be fully utilized. The 256-bit memory bus offers higher theoretical bandwidth per pin, though this advantage is nullified by the GDDR7's superior effective speed.

For pure compute workloads that do not leverage ray tracing or tensor cores, the Radeon Pro 570X still loses by ~77% in OpenCL, so there is no scenario where it outperforms the RTX 5070 Mobile in raw performance. Its niche lies in legacy compatibility — it supports Vulkan 1.3 and DirectX 12_0, which may be sufficient for older software stacks, and its end-of-life status means it can be found in existing systems without requiring a platform upgrade. The RTX 5070 Mobile, by contrast, is the forward-looking choice, offering Vulkan 1.4 and DirectX 12 Ultimate support that will accommodate future software requirements.