AMD Radeon Pro Duo vs NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A Comparison

The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A and AMD Radeon Pro Duo represent two distant generations of GPU design, and the benchmark data reflects a decisive shift in efficiency and raw compute capability. In the sole head-to-head benchmark available, the GeForce MX570 A outperforms the Radeon Pro Duo by 10.9% in Geekbench OpenCL, scoring 39780 against 35860. Despite the Radeon Pro Duo’s massive lead in memory bandwidth and shading unit count, the newer NVIDIA architecture delivers higher real-world compute performance. The data suggests that the MX570 A is the better choice for any workload relying on OpenCL compute, while the Radeon Pro Duo’s only remaining advantage lies in its legacy feature set and larger framebuffer.

The Verdict

The performance hierarchy is clear from the data: the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A wins the only shared benchmark decisively. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 39780 places it 10.9% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro Duo’s 35860. This is a significant margin, especially considering the Radeon Pro Duo’s older GCN 3.0 architecture and much higher power envelope. For any user prioritizing compute performance in OpenCL applications, the MX570 A is the superior option.

The MX570 A also holds a slight edge in overall standing, with an average benchmark score of 38691 and an 81st percentile among all GPUs, compared to the Radeon Pro Duo’s 35860 average and 80th percentile. The MX570 A’s nearest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro 580X, scores 38706, a negligible 0% delta, placing the MX570 A in the same performance tier as much larger discrete cards. In contrast, the Radeon Pro Duo’s nearest rival, the NVIDIA Quadro GV100, scores 35520, which is within 1% of its own result, indicating it is competitive with a professional workstation card from a later era.

Given the memory configurations, the choice is nuanced. The Radeon Pro Duo offers 4 GB of HBM memory with a 512.0 GB/s bandwidth, which is essential for large datasets that exceed the MX570 A’s 2 GB GDDR6 capacity. The MX570 A’s 96.00 GB/s bandwidth is a fraction of the Pro Duo’s, but its 4.731 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is more efficiently utilized. Therefore, the verdict is: choose the MX570 A for raw compute speed, energy efficiency, and modern API support. Choose the Radeon Pro Duo only if you require the larger 4 GB framebuffer and can tolerate its 350 W power draw and legacy feature set.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two GPUs is vast. The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A is built on the Ampere architecture using the GA107SB chip, fabricated on an 8 nm process by Samsung. This process node allows for a transistor density of 43.5 million per square millimeter, packing 8,700 million transistors onto a 200 mm² die. The AMD Radeon Pro Duo, by contrast, uses the GCN 3.0 architecture with the Capsaicin chip, built on a 28 nm process by TSMC. Its transistor density is a much lower 14.9 million per square millimeter, with 8,900 million transistors sprawled across a 596 mm² die. This density difference is a primary reason for the MX570 A’s superior performance per watt.

The MX570 A features 2048 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, along with 16 dedicated ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores. The Radeon Pro Duo has double the shading units at 4096, 256 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, but it lacks dedicated ray tracing and tensor cores entirely. This means the MX570 A supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI workloads, while the Radeon Pro Duo cannot. The MX570 A also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), whereas the Radeon Pro Duo is limited to DirectX 12 (12_0). Both support OpenGL 4.6, but the MX570 A has Vulkan 1.4 support versus the Pro Duo’s older Vulkan 1.2.170.

Clock speeds differ dramatically, with the MX570 A having a base clock of 832 MHz and a boost clock of 1155 MHz, while the Radeon Pro Duo’s base and boost clocks are not listed in the data. The MX570 A’s memory runs at 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective), while the Pro Duo’s HBM memory runs at just 500 MHz (1000 Mbps effective). The higher clock speeds on the NVIDIA part contribute to its compute advantage.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only direct benchmark comparison available is Geekbench OpenCL, where the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A scores 39780 and the AMD Radeon Pro Duo scores 35860. This gives the MX570 A a 10.9% victory. This result is notable because the Radeon Pro Duo has a theoretical FP32 throughput of 8.192 TFLOPS, which is 73% higher than the MX570 A’s 4.731 TFLOPS. The fact that the MX570 A wins despite this raw compute deficit highlights the efficiency of the Ampere architecture and the likely impact of driver optimization and memory subsystem design.

The MX570 A’s average benchmark score of 38691 sits within 0.9% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile (38349) and within 1% of the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 (38299), showing that it performs like a much larger mobile GPU. The Radeon Pro Duo’s average score of 35860 is within 1.2% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile (35435), but it is also 1.8% behind the AMD Radeon RX 5300M (36529). In terms of percentile ranking, the MX570 A’s 81st percentile is just one point higher than the Pro Duo’s 80th percentile, but the actual score gap is substantial.

The deltaPct in the head-to-head data confirms the MX570 A’s win. With a 10.9% lead, this is not a marginal victory but a clear generational improvement. For OpenCL workloads, the MX570 A is the unequivocal choice. The Radeon Pro Duo’s higher texture rate (256.0 GTexel/s) and pixel rate (64.00 GPixel/s) do not translate into a benchmark win, suggesting that the test is compute-bound rather than memory-bound.

Specification Differences

The specification sheets reveal stark contrasts in nearly every category. The most obvious difference is power consumption: the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A has a TDP of 25 W and is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no power connectors, while the AMD Radeon Pro Duo has a TDP of 350 W and requires three 8-pin power connectors, with a suggested PSU of 750 W. This makes the MX570 A suitable for thin-and-light portable devices, whereas the Pro Duo is a dual-slot desktop card measuring 277 mm in length and 111 mm in height.

Memory configurations are polar opposites. The MX570 A uses 2 GB of GDDR6 with a 64-bit bus, yielding 96.00 GB/s bandwidth. The Radeon Pro Duo uses 4 GB of HBM with a 4096-bit bus, yielding 512.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Pro Duo’s bandwidth advantage is 5.3x, but its effective memory clock is much lower. The MX570 A has a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, while the Pro Duo uses the older PCIe 3.0 x16.

Compute resources differ significantly. The MX570 A has 2048 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 36.96 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 73.92 GTexel/s. The Radeon Pro Duo has 4096 shading units, 256 TMUs, and 64 ROPs, with a pixel rate of 64.00 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 256.0 GTexel/s. The Pro Duo’s FP32 throughput is 8.192 TFLOPS versus the MX570 A’s 4.731 TFLOPS, but the NVIDIA part’s FP16 is also 4.731 TFLOPS (1:1), matching its FP32.

Display outputs differ, with the MX570 A being "Portable Device Dependent" and the Pro Duo offering 1x HDMI 1.4a and 3x DisplayPort 1.2. The release dates are far apart: the MX570 A launched on December 16, 2021, while the Pro Duo launched on April 25, 2016. The Pro Duo has a launch MSRP of 1,499 USD, while the MX570 A has no listed MSRP. Both are end-of-life products.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in the Geekbench OpenCL test?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A scores 39780, which is 10.9% higher than the AMD Radeon Pro Duo’s score of 35860.

Q: Does the AMD Radeon Pro Duo have more memory bandwidth?

A: Yes, the Radeon Pro Duo features 4 GB of HBM memory with a 512.0 GB/s bandwidth, whereas the GeForce MX570 A has 2 GB of GDDR6 with a 96.00 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which GPU supports hardware ray tracing?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A includes 16 ray tracing cores and supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2). The AMD Radeon Pro Duo has no ray tracing cores and only supports DirectX 12 (12_0).

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The GeForce MX570 A has a TDP of 25 W and requires no power connectors, while the Radeon Pro Duo has a TDP of 350 W and requires three 8-pin power connectors.

Q: How do their overall average benchmark scores compare?

A: The GeForce MX570 A has an average benchmark score of 38691, placing it in the 81st percentile, while the Radeon Pro Duo has an average score of 35860, placing it in the 80th percentile.

Q: Are there any modern API advantages for the NVIDIA GPU?

A: Yes, the GeForce MX570 A supports Vulkan 1.4 and DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the Radeon Pro Duo supports Vulkan 1.2.170 and DirectX 12 (12_0). Both support OpenGL 4.6.