AMD Radeon Pro 570X vs NVIDIA RTX A5000 Comparison

# The Verdict

The data presents a stark asymmetry. The NVIDIA RTX A5000 and AMD Radeon Pro 570X occupy different performance strata despite their adjacent percentile rankings. The RTX A5000 sits at the 78th percentile of all GPUs, while the Radeon Pro 570X sits at the 76th percentile. Yet their average benchmark scores tell a more nuanced story: the RTX A5000 averages 33,622, while the Radeon Pro 570X averages 32,176 — a difference of roughly 4.5%. This near-parity in overall average masks the fact that these two cards dominate in completely different test suites.

The RTX A5000 is the clear choice for anyone running OpenCL or Vulkan workloads. In Geekbench OpenCL, it scores 157,905 against the Radeon Pro 570X's 27,604 — a 472% advantage. In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX A5000 scores 137,828 versus 28,859 — a 377.6% lead. Those are not incremental gains; they represent a fundamentally different class of compute capability.

The Radeon Pro 570X, however, has no comparable benchmark wins. It wins zero head-to-head tests. Its only unique benchmark result is Geekbench Metal, where it scores 40,066 — a test the RTX A5000 does not appear in. For Mac-specific Metal workloads, the Radeon Pro 570X is the only option with data. But for raw cross-platform compute, the RTX A5000 is categorically superior.

The verdict: choose the RTX A5000 unless your workflow is exclusively Metal-based on a Mac platform where the Radeon Pro 570X's form factor (IGP) and driver stack are mandatory. The data does not support any other conclusion.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA RTX A5000 averages 33,622 across its benchmark suite, while the AMD Radeon Pro 570X averages 32,176. The RTX A5000 leads by 1,446 points, approximately 4.5%.

Q: How do the two cards compare in OpenCL performance?

A: The RTX A5000 scores 157,905 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the Radeon Pro 570X scores 27,604. This gives the RTX A5000 a 472% advantage in this test.

Q: Is the Radeon Pro 570X competitive in any cross-platform benchmark?

A: No. In the two shared head-to-head benchmarks (Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan), the Radeon Pro 570X loses both. It wins 0 out of 2 head-to-head tests.

Q: What is the only benchmark where the Radeon Pro 570X has a recorded score that the RTX A5000 lacks?

A: Geekbench Metal, where the Radeon Pro 570X scores 40,066. The RTX A5000 has no Metal benchmark result in the data.

Q: How does the Radeon Pro 570X compare to its nearest rivals?

A: Its nearest rival is the AMD FirePro S10000 with an average score of 32,388, which is 0.7% higher. The Intel Arc Pro A30M scores 31,894, which is 0.9% lower than the Radeon Pro 570X.

Q: What is the RTX A5000's closest competitor in the data?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB, with an average score of 33,694, is 0.2% higher than the RTX A5000's 33,622. The AMD Radeon RX 7700S is 0.7% higher at 33,849.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two GPUs is generational. The NVIDIA RTX A5000 uses the GA102 chip built on Ampere architecture, fabricated by Samsung on an 8 nm process. The AMD Radeon Pro 570X uses the Ellesmere chip based on GCN 4.0, fabricated by GlobalFoundries on a 14 nm process. The process node difference alone — 8 nm versus 14 nm — explains much of the transistor density disparity.

The RTX A5000 packs 28,300 million transistors on a 628 mm² die, yielding a density of 45.1 million transistors per mm². The Radeon Pro 570X contains 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, with a density of 24.6 million per mm². The RTX A5000 has nearly five times the transistor count and nearly three times the die area.

The RTX A5000 includes 64 RT cores and 256 tensor cores — hardware dedicated to ray tracing and AI acceleration. The Radeon Pro 570X has neither RT cores nor tensor cores; its GCN 4.0 architecture predates dedicated ray tracing hardware. This is a fundamental architectural feature gap, not merely a spec difference.

The API support also differs. The RTX A5000 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the Radeon Pro 570X supports DirectX 12 (12_0). Both support OpenGL 4.6, but the RTX A5000 supports Vulkan 1.4 versus the Radeon Pro 570X's Vulkan 1.3.

Specification Differences

The specification tables reveal a comprehensive RTX A5000 advantage. Clock speeds: the RTX A5000 runs at 1170 MHz base and 1695 MHz boost, while the Radeon Pro 570X runs at 1000 MHz base and 1105 MHz boost. Memory speed: the RTX A5000 uses 2000 MHz with 16 Gbps effective, versus 1695 MHz with 6.8 Gbps effective.

Memory configuration is dramatically different. The RTX A5000 has 24 GB of GDDR6 on a 384-bit bus, delivering 768.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Radeon Pro 570X has 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 217.0 GB/s bandwidth. That is a 6x capacity difference and a 3.5x bandwidth difference.

Compute resources: the RTX A5000 has 8192 shading units, 256 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. The Radeon Pro 570X has 1792 shading units, 112 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The RTX A5000's pixel rate is 162.7 GPixel/s versus 35.36 GPixel/s; texture rate is 433.9 GTexel/s versus 123.8 GTexel/s. FP32 performance is 27.77 TFLOPS versus 3.960 TFLOPS — a 7x gap. Both cards have 1:1 FP16/FP32 ratios.

Power and physical specs differ as well. The RTX A5000 is a dual-slot card with a 230 W TDP and a 1x 8-pin power connector, requiring a 550 W suggested PSU. The Radeon Pro 570X is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with a 150 W TDP and no power connectors. The RTX A5000 uses PCIe 4.0 x16; the Radeon Pro 570X uses PCIe 3.0 x16. Display outputs: 4x DisplayPort 1.4a on the RTX A5000 versus "Portable Device Dependent" on the Radeon Pro 570X.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The shared benchmark data is limited to two tests, and both are decisive RTX A5000 victories. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX A5000 scores 157,905 against the Radeon Pro 570X's 27,604. The delta is 472%, meaning the RTX A5000 delivers nearly five times the OpenCL compute performance. This is not a marginal edge; it is a category difference.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX A5000 scores 137,828 versus 28,859 for the Radeon Pro 570X, a 377.6% advantage. The Vulkan gap is slightly narrower than OpenCL but still overwhelming. The RTX A5000's newer architecture, higher clock speeds, and vastly larger memory bandwidth all contribute to these results.

The Radeon Pro 570X's only recorded benchmark that the RTX A5000 does not share is Geekbench Metal, where it scores 40,066. This is a Mac-specific API, and the Radeon Pro 570X is part of the Radeon Pro Mac generation. Without a comparable Metal score for the RTX A5000, no direct cross-card comparison is possible in that API.

The RTX A5000's additional benchmarks — PassMark DirectX 9 (251), DirectX 10 (153), DirectX 11 (187), DirectX 12 (87), G2D (1032), G3D (22541), and GPU Compute (12455) — plus 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (3783) — have no corresponding Radeon Pro 570X results in the data. The RTX A5000's average benchmark score of 33,622 is buoyed by these results, while the Radeon Pro 570X's 32,176 average comes from only three tests.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX A5000 wins every head-to-head comparison in the data. It dominates OpenCL and Vulkan compute workloads with 472% and 377.6% leads respectively. Its 24 GB GDDR6 memory with 768.0 GB/s bandwidth makes it suited for large dataset processing, high-resolution texture workloads, and multi-display configurations. The presence of RT cores and tensor cores positions it for ray-traced rendering and AI-accelerated tasks, though the benchmark data does not directly test those features.

The Radeon Pro 570X wins in exactly one scenario: Mac environments requiring Metal API support. Its Geekbench Metal score of 40,066 is the only data point where it has a recorded advantage. Its IGP form factor means it requires no power connectors, making it suitable for portable devices where discrete power delivery is unavailable. Its 150 W TDP is 80 W lower than the RTX A5000's 230 W, which matters in thermally constrained systems.

The data suggests a use-case split: the RTX A5000 for professional workstations running OpenCL or Vulkan applications, and the Radeon Pro 570X for Mac portables where Metal is the primary API and the IGP form factor is a requirement. The RTX A5000's end-of-life status and the Radeon Pro 570X's end-of-life status mean neither is a future-proof investment, but within their respective domains, the data supports each card's position. The RTX A5000's 78th percentile ranking vs the Radeon Pro 570X's 76th percentile ranking is misleading — those percentiles are computed against different benchmark suites, and the shared tests reveal a massive gulf in raw compute capability.