AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER Comparison

# NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER vs AMD Radeon RX 570

The data presents a generational chasm between two architectures rather than a close contest. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, built on TSMC's 5 nm process and the Ada Lovelace architecture, faces the AMD Radeon RX 570, a 14 nm GlobalFoundries chip from the GCN 4.0 era. Across three shared benchmark tests, the NVIDIA card wins every single one, with deltas ranging from a modest 25.6% to a staggering 532.8%. The average benchmark scores tell a similar story: the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER averages 31,087 points, while the RX 570 averages 28,766 — a gap that seems narrow at first glance but obscures how different benchmark suites weight results. The percentile rankings, however, are nearly identical, with the NVIDIA card at the 76th percentile and the AMD card at the 74th percentile of all GPUs, suggesting that the RX 570's longevity keeps it relevant in aggregate metrics despite its age.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The most lopsided result appears in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, where the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 5,569 against the RX 570's 880. That is a 532.8% advantage — a sixfold performance gulf that reflects not just raw compute but the fundamental architectural leap between Ada Lovelace and GCN 4.0. The RX 570's 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput and 39.81 GPixel/s pixel rate are dwarfed by the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 44.10 TFLOPS and 250.6 GPixel/s, but the benchmark delta far exceeds what those raw numbers suggest. This implies that DX12 workloads on the newer architecture extract far more efficiency per shader, likely due to the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 8,448 shading units versus 2,048, its 264 TMUs versus 128, and its 96 ROPs versus 32.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA card posts 199,267 points against the AMD card's 32,084, a 521.1% delta. This compute-heavy workload rewards the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's tensor cores — 264 of them — and its 66 RT cores, neither of which exist in the RX 570. The OpenCL result also highlights the memory bandwidth disparity: 672.3 GB/s on the NVIDIA card versus 224.0 GB/s on the AMD card. Even though both use 256-bit buses, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's GDDR6X at 21 Gbps effective versus the RX 570's GDDR5 at 7 Gbps effective explains why the bandwidth nearly triples.

The closest contest is Geekbench Vulkan, where the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 53,683 and the RX 570 scores 42,752, a 25.6% delta. This is the only head-to-head test where the RX 570 comes within striking distance. Vulkan's lower-level API appears to partially level the playing field, allowing the older GCN architecture to utilize its hardware more directly. Still, the NVIDIA card wins — the data shows no benchmark where the RX 570 takes a single win, with the head-to-head record standing at 3-0 in favor of the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER.

The Verdict

From the data alone, the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is unequivocally the superior performer in every measured test. Its three head-to-head wins, including a 532.8% margin in DX12 and a 521.1% margin in OpenCL, place it in a completely different performance tier. The average benchmark score of 31,087 versus 28,766, however, tells a more nuanced story: the RX 570's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6800M (deltaPct -0.4) and the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 (deltaPct 1.2), meaning the RX 570 sits within 1.2% of much newer hardware in overall average. This suggests the RX 570's inclusion in aggregate benchmarks is buoyed by its strong showing in legacy tests, even if its absolute scores in modern workloads are far behind.

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's nearest rivals include the NVIDIA TITAN RTX at a deltaPct of -1.9 and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell at -1.4, indicating it is grouped with workstation-class cards. The data implies the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER is the choice for anyone prioritizing modern DX12 and compute-heavy workloads, while the RX 570 remains a functional but dated option for Vulkan-centric tasks where the gap narrows. Neither card has a future — both are listed as end-of-life production status — but the NVIDIA card's launch MSRP is 799 USD, while the AMD card's was 169 USD, a differential the raw performance does not fully justify unless longevity and feature support are factored in.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins in every single shared benchmark category, so its dominance is total across DX12, OpenCL, and Vulkan. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 5,569 outperforms the RX 570's 880 by a factor of over six, indicating that modern game engines leveraging DX12 Ultimate features will see massive gains. The OpenCL result of 199,267 versus 32,084 shows that GPGPU tasks — rendering, machine learning inference, or scientific compute — are overwhelmingly better served by the NVIDIA card. Its 44.10 TFLOPS of FP32 and matching FP16 throughput (44.10 TFLOPS at 1:1 ratio) provide double the compute density per watt, even though the TDP is 285 W versus 150 W.

The RX 570's only competitive niche, based on the data, is in the Geekbench Vulkan test where it loses by 25.6% — a much narrower margin than the other tests. This suggests that Vulkan-based titles or workloads that avoid ray tracing and tensor core acceleration may see the RX 570 perform closer to the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, though still behind. The RX 570's 4 GB of GDDR5 memory versus 16 GB of GDDR6X also caps its ability to handle large textures or datasets, but for older DirectX 11 titles or Vulkan compute tasks, the GCN architecture's 2,048 shading units can still deliver usable performance. The RX 570's 74th percentile ranking, nearly matching the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER's 76th, indicates that in the broader benchmark universe, it holds its own against a wide field of GPUs, even if not against this specific NVIDIA card.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scores 5,569 versus the RX 570's 880, a delta of 532.8%.

Q: Does the RX 570 win any benchmark against the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER?

A: No. In the three shared tests — 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, Geekbench OpenCL, and Geekbench Vulkan — the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER wins all three, with the record at 3 wins to 0.

Q: Which card has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has an average benchmark score of 31,087, while the RX 570 averages 28,766. The NVIDIA card's nearest rival is the NVIDIA Quadro M5000 at 31,206 (deltaPct -0.4), while the RX 570's closest rival is the AMD Radeon R9 M295X at 28,580 (deltaPct 0.7).

Q: What is the closest head-to-head result?

A: The Geekbench Vulkan test shows the smallest gap, with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER scoring 53,683 and the RX 570 scoring 42,752, a 25.6% delta.

Q: How do the memory bandwidths compare?

A: The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has a bandwidth of 672.3 GB/s from 16 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, while the RX 570 has 224.0 GB/s from 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus.

Q: Are both cards still in production?

A: No. Both the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER and the AMD Radeon RX 570 are listed as end-of-life production status.

Architecture Differences

The architectural divide is stark. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER uses the AD103 chip on NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 45,900 million transistors packed into a 379 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 121.1M per mm². The RX 570 uses the Polaris 20 chip on AMD's GCN 4.0 architecture, fabricated on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries with just 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, for a density of 24.6M per mm². The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER includes 66 RT cores and 264 tensor cores — hardware entirely absent from the RX 570, which lists null for both. The NVIDIA card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the RX 570 is limited to DirectX 12 (12_0); Vulkan support is 1.4 on the NVIDIA card versus 1.3 on the AMD card, though both support OpenGL 4.6. The generation gap is further highlighted by the process node: 5 nm versus 14 nm means the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER fits nearly eight times more transistors per square millimeter, which directly enables its 8,448 shading units against the RX 570's 2,048.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every specification field. The RTX 4070 Ti SUPER has a base clock of 2340 MHz and a boost clock of 2610 MHz, while the RX 570 runs at 1168 MHz base and 1244 MHz boost. Memory configurations diverge dramatically: 16 GB of GDDR6X at 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) versus 4 GB of GDDR5 at 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective), with bandwidths of 672.3 GB/s and 224.0 GB/s respectively. The shading units count is 8,448 versus 2,048, TMUs are 264 versus 128, and ROPs are 96 versus 32. Pixel rate is 250.6 GPixel/s versus 39.81 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 689.0 GTexel/s versus 159.2 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 44.10 TFLOPS versus 5.095 TFLOPS, with both offering 1:1 FP16 ratios. The TDP is 285 W versus 150 W, with the NVIDIA card requiring a 600 W PSU and a 16-pin connector, while the AMD card needs a 450 W PSU and a 6-pin connector. Slot width is triple-slot versus dual-slot, and dimensions are 310 mm length versus 241 mm. Display outputs differ: the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER offers 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, while the RX 570 provides 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. Bus interfaces are PCIe 4.0 x16 versus PCIe 3.0 x16. The release dates are 2024-01-23 for the NVIDIA card and 2017-04-17 for the AMD card, with predecessors of GeForce 30 and Arctic Islands, and successors of GeForce 50 and Vega, respectively.