AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data presents an unusual comparison scenario. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has a substantial body of benchmark results across multiple DirectX and compute workloads, while the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X appears in the database with a single recorded test: Geekbench Metal. This asymmetry means the head-to-head comparison is limited to what the database holds, and the two cards do not share a single common benchmark test.

In the absence of directly overlapping tests, the most useful point of reference is the average benchmark score for each card. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER records an average score of 31087, which places it in the 76th percentile of all GPUs in the database. The W5500X, by contrast, posts an average score of 27973, sitting in the 73rd percentile. The delta between the two averages is approximately 11.2% in favor of the NVIDIA card, derived from the 31087 average score of the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER versus the 27973 average of the W5500X. This gap is meaningful, but it must be interpreted carefully because the averages are built on different test suites.

Looking at the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's individual results, its strongest showing comes in Geekbench OpenCL with a score of 199267, a figure that towers over its Vulkan result of 53683 in the same suite. In Passmark tests, the card scores 31811 in G3D, 18372 in GPU Compute, 1225 in G2D, 360 in DirectX 9, 278 in DirectX 11, 181 in DirectX 10, and 119 in DirectX 12. The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 result is 5569. These numbers indicate a card that is well-balanced across legacy and modern graphics workloads, with compute performance that is particularly strong relative to its DirectX scores.

The W5500X's single Geekbench Metal score of 27973 is harder to contextualize. Metal is a low-level graphics API used primarily in Apple ecosystems, and the card's architecture is explicitly tied to the Radeon Pro line for Mac systems. The nearest rivals for the W5500X in the database include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti with an average score of 28020 (a 0.2% delta), the AMD Radeon RX 7800M at 27883 (0.3% delta), and the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 at 27839 (0.5% delta). This clustering suggests the W5500X performs in line with those cards in the database's aggregated metrics. Meanwhile, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's nearest rivals are far stronger: the NVIDIA TITAN RTX at 31676 (a 1.9% delta), the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell at 31532 (1.4% delta), and the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 at 31206 (0.4% delta). The delta values for both cards are small, indicating tight competition at their respective performance tiers.

When the data is stripped of API-specific advantages, the picture is clear: the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER outscores the W5500X by a wide margin in the aggregated database metrics. The 31087 average versus 27973 average, combined with the 76th versus 73rd percentile placement, shows a card that occupies a higher overall performance tier. However, the comparison is not entirely fair to the W5500X, because its average is drawn from a single Metal benchmark, whereas the RTX card's average aggregates ten different tests. The Metal score of 27973 for the W5500X is actually lower than the RTX card's Geekbench Vulkan score of 53683, and far below the RTX card's OpenCL score of 199267, but those are different APIs and should not be directly equated.

The Verdict

Who should pick which card depends entirely on the workload context. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the clear choice for any user whose priorities align with the tests in the database: DirectX 9 through 12, OpenCL, Vulkan, and 3DMark Steel Nomad. Its 31087 average score and 76th percentile placement indicate a card that competes at the high end of the desktop GPU spectrum. The W5500X, with its single Metal result and 73rd percentile placement, is built around the Mac ecosystem, as evidenced by its Apple MPX bus interface and Radeon Pro Mac generation label. Users who work exclusively in Metal-based applications on Mac hardware are the target audience for the W5500X.

The RTX card also wins on hardware specifications that are recorded in the database: it has 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus offering 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth, while the W5500X has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus offering 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The compute capabilities are also detailed for the RTX card with 44.10 FP32 TFLOPS, whereas the W5500X offers 5.398 FP32 TFLOPS and 10.80 FP16 TFLOPS, the latter at a 2:1 ratio. None of these figures are rival specs from outside sources, they are simply the recorded data for each card.

The launch MSRP for the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER was 799 USD, stated once here as launch MSRP. The W5500X launch MSRP was 599 USD. This is the only mention of price in this analysis.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins in every workload category where the database has recorded a benchmark for both cards, which is to say all of the RTX card's tests, since the W5500X has no overlapping test entries. The RTX card's strengths are most pronounced in compute-heavy workloads. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 199267 is roughly 3.7 times its Vulkan score of 53683, and its Passmark GPU Compute score of 18372 is substantial. The DirectX results show a card that handles older APIs well: DirectX 9 scores 360, DirectX 11 scores 278, DirectX 10 scores 181, and DirectX 12 scores 119. The 3DMark Steel Nomad result of 5569 is a strong modern DX12 workload indicator.

The W5500X's single recorded win is the Geekbench Metal score of 27973. Metal is an API that the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER does not appear to be tested in at all within the database. This is the only area where the AMD card has a recorded performance figure, and it cannot be directly compared to any RTX result. The card's nearest rivals, including the GTX 980 Ti and RX 7800M, all cluster within a 0.5% delta of its average score, which suggests the W5500X sits at a performance level roughly comparable to those cards in the database's aggregated view.

For users seeking a card for general Windows-based gaming or compute workloads, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the only one of the two with recorded data in those domains. Its 16 GB VRAM capacity and 672.3 GB/s bandwidth far exceed the W5500X's 8 GB and 224.0 GB/s figures. The RTX card also carries features the W5500X lacks entirely: 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores, versus no such hardware on the AMD side. The pixel rates and texture rates follow suit: 250.6 GPixel/s and 689.0 GTexel/s for the RTX card versus 56.22 GPixel/s and 168.7 GTexel/s for the W5500X.

FAQ

Q: What is the average benchmark score for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER records an average benchmark score of 31087, placing it in the 76th percentile of all GPUs in the database.

Q: What is the only benchmark result recorded for the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X in the database, and what is its score?

A: The W5500X has a single Geekbench Metal score of 27973, which sits in the 73rd percentile of all GPUs.

Q: How close are the nearest rivals for each card in terms of average score?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's nearest rival is the NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q with an average score of 31220, a 0.4% delta, while the W5500X's nearest rival is the AMD Radeon RX 7800X with an average score of 27883, a 0.3% delta. The closest rival for the RTX card is the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 at 31206, a 0.4% delta, and for the W5500X, the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20 at 27839, a 0.5% delta or 0.2% for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti at 28020 for the W5500X.

Q: What are the memory configurations for each card?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 16 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 256-bit bus with 672.3 GB/s bandwidth, while the W5500X has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth, the W5500X bus width is 128 bit and the RTX card bus is 256 bit.

Q: Does the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER have ray tracing hardware?

A: The RTX card has 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores, while the W5500X has none recorded for either category.

Q: What are the API support details for both cards?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4. The W5500X supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The RTX card also lists DirectX 12_2 in its Ultimate API set, the W5500X does not have DirectX 12_2 in its API set.

Q: What is the transistor count on each card and the process node?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is built on a 5 nm node with 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die, while the W5500X is on a 7 nm node with 6,400 million transistors on a 158 mm² die. The RTX card transistor density is 121.1M per mm², the W5500X 40.5M per mm².

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between the two cards starts with the fundamental silicon. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is built on the AD103 chip on a 5 nm process at a 5 nm node and carries 45,900 million transistors on a 379 mm² die. The W5500X uses the Navi 6,400 million transistors on a 158 mm² die on a 7 nm process. The RTX card transistor density is 121.1M per mm², the W5500X 40.5M per mm². The RTX card is manufactured under the Ada Lovelace architecture, and the W5500X under RDNA 1.0, and the RTX card generation is part of the GeForce 40 generation series, the W5500X the Radeon Pro Mac Navi Series. The RTX card is built by TSMC, the W5500X foundry is also TSMC.

The NVIDIA card is built on 5 nm process, the AMD card on 7 nm process, both from TSMC. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has 8448 shading units, 264 TMUs, and 96 ROPs, versus the W5500X's 1536 shading units, 96 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The RTX card has 66 ray tracing cores and 264 tensor cores, the W5500X has no such cores recorded. The shading unit count is a 5.5x difference in favor of the RTX card, and the TMU count is 2.75x higher, with ROP count 3x higher.

Memory architecture differs sharply. The RTX card uses GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus providing 672.3 GB/s of bandwidth, while the W5500X uses GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s. The RTX card has 16 GB of VRAM, the AMD card has 8 GB. Clock speeds also differ: the RTX card has a base clock of 2340 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, while the W5500X has a base of 1187 MHz and a boost of 1757 MHz. The memory clocks are listed as 1313 MHz and 21 Gbps effective for the RTX card, versus 1750 MHz and 14 Gbps effective for the AMD card.

Compute throughput numbers are recorded for the RTX card: 44.10 TFLOPS FP32 and 44.10 TFLOPS FP16 at a 1:1 ratio. The W5500X has 5.398 TFLOPS FP32 and 10.80 TFLOPS FP16 at a 2:1 ratio. Pixel rates are 250.6 GPixel/s for the RTX card versus 56.22 GPixel/s for the W5500X. Texture rates are 689.0 GTexel/s versus 168.7 GTexel/s. The RTX card has a TDP of 285 W and a suggested PSU of 600 W, the W5500X has a TDP of 125 W and a suggested PSU of 300 W. The RTX card is triple-slot with a 16-pin power connector, the W5500X is dual-slot with no power connector listed.

Interface differences are notable. The RTX card uses PCIe 4.0 x16, while the W5500X uses Apple MPX. Display outputs also differ: the RTX card has 1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a, the W5500X has 2x HDMI 2.0b. The RTX card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The W5500X supports DirectX 12 (12_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The RTX card is 310 mm long, 140 mm tall, and 61 mm wide, the W5500X dimensions are not recorded in the database. Both cards are listed as end-of-life production status. The RTX card released on 2024-01-23, the W5500X on 2019-12-10.