AMD Radeon Pro 570X vs NVIDIA RTX A4000 Comparison

# Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data shows a decisive sweep for the NVIDIA RTX A4000 across the two shared benchmark tests. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX A4000 scores 105,739 against the Radeon Pro 570X's 27,604, a delta of -73.9% for the AMD card. That is a gap of roughly 78,135 points, making the NVIDIA card nearly four times faster in raw compute workloads that leverage OpenCL.

The Vulkan results tell a similar story. The RTX A4000 posts 127,645 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the Radeon Pro 570X manages 28,859. The delta here is -77.4%, meaning the AMD card trails by about 98,786 points. This is the largest percentage gap in either test, suggesting that the NVIDIA architecture scales particularly well with Vulkan's lower-level API access.

Both wins belong to the RTX A4000, with a head-to-head record of 2 wins to 0. There are no benchmark categories in the database where the Radeon Pro 570X comes out ahead, so this comparison is less about finding strengths on each side and more about quantifying just how far behind the older AMD part has fallen.

Looking at the average benchmark scores across all recorded tests, the picture becomes slightly more nuanced. The Radeon Pro 570X carries an average score of 32,176, which places it in the 76th percentile of all GPUs in the database. The RTX A4000, despite its crushing head-to-head victories, has a lower average score of 26,683 and sits in the 72nd percentile. This apparent contradiction stems from the fact that the RTX A4000's average includes a much wider range of benchmark tests, including several Passmark entries where it posts modest scores.

The RTX A4000's nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary at 26,553 (0.5% behind), the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 at 26,421 (1% behind), the AMD Radeon 860M at 26,401 (1.1% behind), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 at 26,331 (1.3% behind). The Radeon Pro 570X, meanwhile, sits closest to the AMD FirePro S10000 at 32,388 (-0.7% delta), the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE at 32,456 (-0.9% delta), the Intel Arc Pro A30M at 31,894 (0.9% delta), and the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 at 32,540 (-1.1% delta). Notably, the RTX A4000's average score is higher than all four of its nearest rivals, while the Radeon Pro 570X is actually below three of its four closest competitors.

Where Each One Wins

The Radeon Pro 570X wins in exactly one sense: its average benchmark score of 32,176 exceeds the RTX A4000's 26,683. It also holds a higher percentile ranking at 76 versus 72. This suggests that in the broader database context, the AMD card performs more consistently across the tests it has been subjected to, or that its benchmark set skews toward workloads where it performs relatively well.

However, in every directly comparable workload, the RTX A4000 dominates. The Geekbench OpenCL result shows the NVIDIA card at 105,739 versus 27,604, a margin that dwarfs any advantage the Radeon Pro 570X might hold in aggregate statistics. The Vulkan test is even more lopsided at 127,645 versus 28,859.

For users prioritizing compute-heavy tasks that rely on OpenCL or Vulkan, the RTX A4000 is the clear choice. The data shows no scenario among the shared benchmarks where the Radeon Pro 570X even approaches competitive performance. The AMD card's higher average score appears to be an artifact of its limited benchmark set rather than evidence of genuine superiority.

The RTX A4000 also brings dedicated hardware that the Radeon Pro 570X lacks entirely. It includes 48 ray tracing cores and 192 tensor cores, features that have no equivalent in the AMD part. While the shared benchmarks do not specifically test these capabilities, their presence means the NVIDIA card can handle workloads that the AMD card simply cannot accelerate at all.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from fundamentally different architectural eras. The Radeon Pro 570X uses GCN 4.0 architecture on the Ellesmere chip, fabricated on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. The RTX A4000 uses Ampere architecture on the GA104 chip, built on Samsung's 8 nm process. This process difference is significant: the newer node allows NVIDIA to pack 17,400 million transistors onto a 392 mm² die, while AMD manages 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die. The transistor density tells the story clearly: NVIDIA achieves 44.4 million transistors per mm² versus AMD's 24.6 million per mm².

The Radeon Pro 570X belongs to the Radeon Pro Mac (500X Series) generation and was released in 2019-03-17. Its production status is end-of-life. The RTX A4000 is part of the Workstation Ampere (Ax000) generation, released on 2021-04-11, and is also end-of-life. The NVIDIA card's predecessor is listed as Quadro Turing, with a successor in Workstation Ada.

In terms of compute resources, the RTX A4000 ships with 6,144 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 render output units. The Radeon Pro 570X has 1,792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. These are not remotely close figures. The NVIDIA card has more than three times the shading units and six times the ROP count.

The RTX A4000 also includes 48 ray tracing cores and 192 tensor cores, neither of which appears in the Radeon Pro 570X's specification at all. This is a categorical difference: the AMD card cannot accelerate ray tracing or tensor operations in hardware, while the NVIDIA card has dedicated silicon for both.

API support differs as well. The RTX A4000 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the Radeon Pro 570X is limited to DirectX 12 (12_0). The Vulkan versions also differ: the NVIDIA card supports Vulkan 1.4, the AMD card Vulkan 1.3. Both support OpenGL 4.6.

Specification Differences

The memory subsystems are dramatically different. The Radeon Pro 570X offers 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 217.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX A4000 offers 16 GB of GDDR6, also on a 256-bit bus, but with 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. That is four times the capacity and more than double the bandwidth. The effective memory speed also differs: 6.8 Gbps for the AMD card versus 14 Gbps for the NVIDIA card.

Clock speeds show an interesting divergence. The Radeon Pro 570X has a higher base clock at 1000 MHz versus 735 MHz, but the RTX A4000 has a much higher boost clock at 1560 MHz versus 1105 MHz. The NVIDIA card's boost headroom is substantial.

Compute throughput is not close. The RTX A4000 delivers 19.17 TFLOPS of FP32 and FP16 performance, while the Radeon Pro 570X delivers 3.960 TFLOPS in both. The pixel rate is 149.8 GPixel/s for NVIDIA versus 35.36 GPixel/s for AMD. Texture rate is 299.5 GTexel/s versus 123.8 GTexel/s.

Power and physical specifications differ in ways that matter for system integration. The Radeon Pro 570X has a TDP of 150 W, is listed as an IGP (integrated graphics processor) form factor, and requires no power connectors. The RTX A4000 has a TDP of 140 W, is single-slot, and requires one 6-pin power connector, with a suggested PSU of 300 W. The NVIDIA card is 241 mm long and 112 mm high.

The bus interface also differs: the Radeon Pro 570X uses PCIe 3.0 x16, while the RTX A4000 uses PCIe 4.0 x16. Display outputs are listed as portable device dependent for the AMD card, while the NVIDIA card has 4x DisplayPort 1.4a.

FAQ

Q: Which card wins in Geekbench OpenCL performance?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A4000 scores 105,739 versus the Radeon Pro 570X's 27,604, a delta of -73.9% for the AMD card.

Q: How much faster is the RTX A4000 in Vulkan?

A: The RTX A4000 scores 127,645 in Geekbench Vulkan, while the Radeon Pro 570X scores 28,859, a delta of -77.4%.

Q: Does the Radeon Pro 570X have any advantage in the recorded benchmarks?

A: The Radeon Pro 570X has a higher average benchmark score of 32,176 compared to the RTX A4000's 26,683, and a higher percentile ranking at 76 versus 72. However, it wins no shared head-to-head benchmark.

Q: What are the memory capacity differences?

A: The Radeon Pro 570X has 4 GB of GDDR5 with 217.0 GB/s bandwidth, while the RTX A4000 has 16 GB of GDDR6 with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Does the RTX A4000 support ray tracing?

A: Yes, the RTX A4000 includes 48 ray tracing cores and 192 tensor cores. The Radeon Pro 570X has no ray tracing or tensor core hardware.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The Radeon Pro 570X has a TDP of 150 W and requires no power connectors, while the RTX A4000 has a TDP of 140 W and requires one 6-pin power connector with a suggested PSU of 300 W.

The Verdict

The data points to one conclusion: the NVIDIA RTX A4000 is overwhelmingly the stronger GPU for any workload covered by the shared benchmarks. In OpenCL it leads by 73.9%, and in Vulkan by 77.4%. It offers four times the memory capacity, more than double the memory bandwidth, roughly five times the FP32 throughput, and dedicated ray tracing and tensor cores. The Radeon Pro 570X's only statistical advantages are its higher average benchmark score and percentile ranking, but those aggregate figures do not reflect any actual head-to-head victory.

For anyone choosing between these two for compute, content creation, or workstation tasks that use OpenCL or Vulkan, the RTX A4000 is the only sensible pick. Its 16 GB memory buffer alone makes it viable for datasets that would exceed the Radeon Pro 570X's 4 GB capacity several times over. The 448.0 GB/s bandwidth ensures those larger datasets move quickly.

The Radeon Pro 570X might find a place in systems where its IGP form factor and lack of power connectors are decisive advantages. It draws 150 W and requires no external power, making it suitable for integrated or compact builds. But for raw performance, the RTX A4000 wins every shared test, and the margins are not close. The Radeon Pro 570X is best described as a legacy part whose end-of-life status reflects its position in the performance hierarchy.