AMD Radeon Pro Duo vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains a single direct comparison between these two cards, and it is a decisive one. In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scored 199,267 points against the AMD Radeon Pro Duo's 35,860 points. That is a delta of -82% for the AMD card, meaning the NVIDIA card outperforms it by roughly 5.5 times in this compute-oriented workload. This is not a close contest; it is a generational gap expressed in raw numbers.

Looking at the broader benchmark context, the Radeon Pro Duo's average benchmark score sits at 35,860, which places it in the 80th percentile of all GPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 at 35,520 (1% slower), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile at 35,435 (1.2% slower), and the NVIDIA T1000 at 36,289 (1.2% faster). The AMD Radeon RX 5300M is 1.8% faster at 36,529. This clustering shows the Pro Duo is firmly in a mid-to-high tier for its era, but it is absolutely dwarfed by the modern card.

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of 31,087 across its full suite of tests, which includes 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (5,569), Passmark G3D (31,811), and Passmark GPU Compute (18,372). Its percentile is 76, which is lower than the Pro Duo's 80, but that figure is skewed by the inclusion of older DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 tests (scores of 360 and 181, respectively) that do not reflect modern workloads. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 (0.4% faster), NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q (0.4% faster), NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (1.4% faster), and NVIDIA TITAN RTX (1.9% faster). In the OpenCL test that both cards share, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is 82% ahead, which is the only head-to-head data point available.

The verdict from the numbers is unambiguous: the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER delivers a massive compute advantage. The Pro Duo's single benchmark score, while respectable among its 2016 contemporaries, is simply outclassed by a card released eight years later.

FAQ

Q: Which card wins the only shared benchmark in the database?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins the Geekbench OpenCL test with a score of 199,267 versus the AMD Radeon Pro Duo's 35,860, a delta of -82% for the AMD card.

Q: How does the AMD Radeon Pro Duo compare to its nearest rivals in average score?

A: The Pro Duo's average score of 35,860 places it 1% ahead of the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 (35,520), 1.2% ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile (35,435), but 1.2% behind the NVIDIA T1000 (36,289) and 1.8% behind the AMD Radeon RX 5300M (36,529).

Q: What is the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's percentile ranking, and why is it lower than the Pro Duo's?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER sits in the 76th percentile of all GPUs, while the Pro Duo is in the 80th. The lower percentile reflects the RTX card's inclusion of legacy DirectX 9 and 10 tests in its average, which drag down its aggregate score despite its modern compute strength.

Q: Does the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER have any benchmark wins outside of OpenCL?

A: Yes. The database lists multiple scores for the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, including 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (5,569), Passmark G3D (31,811), and Passmark GPU Compute (18,372). The Pro Duo has no recorded scores for those tests.

Q: What is the Pro Duo's best recorded benchmark result?

A: Its only recorded result is the Geekbench OpenCL score of 35,860, which also serves as its average benchmark score.

Q: How does the Pro Duo's single score compare to the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's average across all tests?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's average benchmark score is 31,087, which is lower than the Pro Duo's 35,860. However, this is misleading, as the RTX card's average is diluted by older API tests; in the direct OpenCL comparison, the RTX card is 82% faster.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from entirely different eras and design philosophies. The AMD Radeon Pro Duo is built on the Capsaicin chip using GCN 3.0 architecture, fabricated on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It packs 8,900 million transistors on a 596 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 14.9 million per square millimeter. This is a dual-GPU card by design, though the database records it as a single entity with 4,096 shading units, 256 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. It has no ray tracing cores and no tensor cores, which is expected for a 2016 product. Its FP32 performance is rated at 8.192 TFLOPS, and FP16 is identical at 8.192 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER uses the AD103 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture, built on a 5 nm process, also at TSMC. It integrates 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die, achieving a dramatically higher transistor density of 121.1 million per square millimeter. This is a monolithic, single-GPU design with 8,448 shading units, 264 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. Crucially, it includes 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores, enabling hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI-based features like DLSS, which the Pro Duo cannot offer. Its FP32 output is 44.10 TFLOPS, and FP16 is also 44.10 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio.

The node difference is stark: 28 nm versus 5 nm. That process shrink, combined with architectural improvements, allows the RTX card to deliver more than five times the FP32 throughput while using fewer transistors per unit of performance. The Pro Duo's dual-GPU setup was designed for compute density in its time, but it lacks the modern features that the Ada Lovelace architecture brings. The API support also differs: the Pro Duo supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170, while the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The newer DirectX 12 Ultimate tier enables features like mesh shaders and variable rate shading, which are absent on the older card.

Specification Differences

The memory subsystems are fundamentally different. The AMD Radeon Pro Duo has 4 GB of HBM memory on a 4096-bit bus, delivering 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, providing 672.3 GB/s. The Pro Duo's memory clock is listed at 500 MHz (1000 Mbps effective), while the RTX card runs at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective). The capacity difference is 4x in favor of NVIDIA, which matters for large datasets and high-resolution textures.

Clock speeds are another major divider. The Pro Duo has no recorded base or boost clock in the database, but the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has a base clock of 2340 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz. Pixel and texture rates reflect this: the Pro Duo manages 64.00 GPixel/s and 256.0 GTexel/s, while the RTX card achieves 250.6 GPixel/s and 689.0 GTexel/s. That is roughly 3.9x faster pixel fill and 2.7x faster texture fill.

Power and physical specifications also diverge. The Pro Duo has a TDP of 350 W and requires three 8-pin power connectors with a suggested 750 W PSU. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has a lower TDP of 285 W, uses a single 16-pin connector, and recommends a 600 W PSU. The Pro Duo is a dual-slot card measuring 277 mm in length and 111 mm in height, while the RTX card is a triple-slot design at 310 mm long, 140 mm tall, and 61 mm wide. Interface support differs: the Pro Duo uses PCIe 3.0 x16, while the RTX card uses PCIe 4.0 x16. Display outputs are also different: the Pro Duo offers 1x HDMI 1.4a and 3x DisplayPort 1.2, while the RTX card has 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a.

The release dates are 2016-04-25 for the AMD card and 2024-01-23 for the NVIDIA card, a gap of nearly eight years. The Pro Duo's predecessor is FirePro GCN, and its successor is Radeon Pro Polaris. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's predecessor is GeForce 30, and its successor is GeForce 50.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon Pro Duo wins in one narrow sense: its average benchmark score of 35,860 is higher than the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's average of 31,087. This is entirely due to the RTX card being weighed down by its legacy DirectX 9 and 10 scores. If a workload is specifically tied to the Pro Duo's era, such as older OpenCL compute tasks that are not optimized for modern architectures, it may still hold its own. Its 512.0 GB/s bandwidth on a 4096-bit bus is also impressive for its time, and it can handle compute tasks that fit within its 4 GB frame buffer.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins everywhere that matters for modern use. In the only direct comparison, it is 82% faster in OpenCL. It has 4x the memory (16 GB versus 4 GB), which is essential for modern content creation, large language model inference, and high-resolution gaming. Its 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores enable real-time ray tracing and DLSS, features that the Pro Duo simply cannot emulate. Its higher pixel rate (250.6 GPixel/s) and texture rate (689.0 GTexel/s) make it far more capable for gaming and real-time rendering. Its newer DirectX 12 Ultimate and Vulkan 1.4 support ensure compatibility with current and future software.

For a PC builder choosing between these two, the use case is clear. The Pro Duo is a historical artifact, useful only for legacy compute workloads that predate modern GPU architectures. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is a current-generation card that excels at gaming, ray tracing, AI acceleration, and professional rendering. The data does not support any scenario where the Pro Duo is the better choice for a new build.

The Verdict

The benchmark data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the superior card in every meaningful category. It is 82% faster in the only shared test, has 4x the memory capacity, more than 5x the FP32 throughput, and introduces ray tracing and tensor core capabilities that the AMD Radeon Pro Duo lacks entirely. The Pro Duo's higher percentile ranking (80 versus 76) is a statistical artifact of the RTX card's inclusion of legacy tests, not a reflection of real-world performance.

Choose the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER if you need a card for modern gaming, content creation, AI workloads, or any compute task that benefits from 16 GB of GDDR6X memory and 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 power. Its lower TDP (285 W versus 350 W) and single 16-pin power connector also make it easier to integrate into a contemporary system.

Choose the AMD Radeon Pro Duo only if you are specifically building a period-correct system from 2016 or require its unique 4096-bit HBM bus for a niche legacy application. For any practical purpose in 2024 or later, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the only rational pick based on the recorded data. The numbers do not lie: one card is eight years newer and delivers a 5.5x performance advantage in the shared benchmark.