AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The benchmark data presents a clear and decisive picture. Across every shared test, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell outperforms the AMD Radeon RX 570 by a substantial margin. The most pronounced difference appears in the Geekbench OpenCL test, where the RTX PRO 2000 scores 106,087 against the RX 570's 32,084. That is a 69.8% advantage, meaning the NVIDIA card delivers more than three times the compute throughput in this workload. Such a gap is not incremental; it represents a fundamental leap in processing capability.

The Vulkan results tell a similar story. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell reaches 113,865 points, while the RX 570 manages 42,752. The delta here is 62.5% in favor of the newer card. Vulkan is often a strong API for AMD hardware, so seeing the NVIDIA part lead by this much suggests the architectural advantage is overwhelming rather than workload-specific.

The 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, which is a modern DirectX 12 benchmark, shows the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell scoring 2,374.5 versus the RX 570's 880. That is a 62.9% difference. This test is particularly demanding on modern GPU features, and the RX 570's GCN 4.0 architecture simply cannot keep pace with the Blackwell implementation of DirectX 12 features.

It is importantly the RX 570 does not win a single head-to-head benchmark. The recorded data shows zero wins for the AMD card and three wins for the NVIDIA card. This is not a close contest by any metric. The RX 570's average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 28,766, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell averages 25,269. Interestingly, the RX 570 has a higher overall average despite losing every shared test. This is because the two cards were tested across different benchmark suites, and the RX 570's included tests happen to produce higher raw numbers. The head-to-head results, which use identical tests, are the reliable comparison here.

Looking at where each card sits among all GPUs, the RX 570 places in the 74th percentile, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell sits in the 70th percentile. These percentiles are computed across all GPUs in the database, and the RX 570's slightly higher percentile reflects its position relative to a different set of peers. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6700M (1.4% behind), the AMD Radeon Pro W5700 (1.8% behind), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile (1.8% behind). The RX 570's closest competitors are the AMD Radeon RX 6800M (0.4% behind), the AMD Radeon R9 M295X (0.7% ahead), and the AMD Radeon RX 470 (0.8% behind). These figures show that the RX 570 competes in a much lower performance tier, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell sits alongside significantly more capable hardware.

The Verdict

The data leaves no room for ambiguity. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is the superior graphics card in every measurable way. If you are choosing between these two for any modern workload, the RX 570 is not a viable option. The performance gap ranges from 62.5% to 69.8% across the three shared benchmarks, which means the NVIDIA card is roughly two and a half to three times faster depending on the test.

The RX 570 does have one advantage in the raw numbers: its average benchmark score of 28,766 is higher than the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell's 25,269. However, this is misleading because the two cards were not subjected to the same set of tests. When the identical tests are compared directly, the RX 570 loses every single one. Anyone making a purchase decision based on the average score alone would be making a mistake.

For the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell, the nearest rivals in the database are the AMD Radeon RX 6700M, the AMD Radeon Pro W5700, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile, all within 1.8% of its average score. This places it firmly in the upper-midrange tier of current hardware. The RX 570, by contrast, is surrounded by older and weaker parts like the RX 470 and the R9 M295X. The RX 570 is end-of-life, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is an active product. For anyone building a new system, the choice is obvious.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell wins in every scenario where performance matters. In DirectX 12 gaming workloads, as measured by 3DMark Steel Nomad, it is 62.9% ahead. In Vulkan-based applications and games, it leads by 62.5%. In OpenCL compute tasks, which include many professional rendering, simulation, and data processing workloads, it is 69.8% ahead. There is no use case in the recorded data where the RX 570 comes out ahead.

The RX 570's only claim to relevance is its higher percentile ranking among all GPUs in the database. At the 74th percentile, it ranks slightly higher than the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell's 70th percentile. This is a quirk of the database composition, not a sign of competitive performance. The RX 570 also has a lower average benchmark score difference relative to its nearest rivals, with the closest competitor being the RX 6800M at just 0.4% behind. This suggests the RX 570 is well-matched against its contemporary peers, but those peers are all older-generation parts.

For professional workloads, the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell brings dedicated ray tracing cores and tensor cores, which the RX 570 lacks entirely. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, while the RX 570 only reaches DirectX 12 (12_0). The newer card supports Vulkan 1.4, whereas the RX 570 tops out at Vulkan 1.3. These API differences translate directly into feature support for modern games and applications.

FAQ

Q: Which card is faster in DirectX 12 workloads?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell scores 2,374.5 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, while the AMD Radeon RX 570 scores 880. That is a 62.9% advantage for the NVIDIA card.

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

A: The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell scores 113,865 in Geekbench Vulkan, compared to the RX 570's 42,752. The NVIDIA card leads by 62.5%.

Q: Does the RX 570 win any benchmark?

A: No. The recorded head-to-head data shows zero wins for the RX 570 and three wins for the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell.

Q: Which card has more memory?

A: The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RX 570 has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the power consumption difference?

A: The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has a TDP of 70 W and requires no power connectors, with a suggested 250 W PSU. The RX 570 has a TDP of 150 W, requires a single 6-pin connector, and needs a 450 W PSU.

Q: Which card supports ray tracing?

A: Only the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell supports ray tracing, with 34 dedicated ray tracing cores. The RX 570 has no ray tracing cores.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from completely different architectural eras. The AMD Radeon RX 570 uses the Polaris 20 chip built on GCN 4.0 architecture, manufactured on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. The die contains 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² area, giving a transistor density of 24.6 million per square millimeter. This is an older design from the Polaris generation of the RX 500 series, released in April 2017. Its predecessor was Arctic Islands and its successor was Vega.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell uses the GB206 chip built on Blackwell 2.0 architecture, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The die packs 21,900 million transistors into just 181 mm², achieving a transistor density of 121.0 million per square millimeter. That is nearly five times the transistor density of the Polaris 20. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell belongs to the Blackwell PRO W (x000) generation and was released in August 2025. Its predecessor was Workstation Ada, and it has no recorded successor.

The architectural differences extend far beyond the manufacturing process. The RX 570 has 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 raster output units. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has 4,352 shading units, 136 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. More importantly, the NVIDIA card includes 34 ray tracing cores and 136 tensor cores, hardware that simply does not exist on the RX 570. These dedicated units enable hardware-accelerated ray tracing and AI acceleration, features that are increasingly important in both gaming and professional applications.

The compute capabilities reflect these architectural differences. The RX 570 delivers 5.095 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and the same 5.095 TFLOPS for FP16, a 1:1 ratio. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell delivers 17.03 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16, also at a 1:1 ratio. That is more than three times the raw compute throughput. Pixel fill rate on the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is 93.94 GPixel/s versus 39.81 GPixel/s on the RX 570. Texture fill rate is 266.2 GTexel/s versus 159.2 GTexel/s.

Specification Differences

The memory subsystems differ significantly. The RX 570 uses 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 256-bit bus, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell uses 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus. Despite the narrower bus, the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell achieves higher memory bandwidth at 288.0 GB/s compared to 224.0 GB/s. Memory clock speeds are 1750 MHz (7 Gbps effective) on the RX 570 and 1125 MHz (18 Gbps effective) on the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell.

Clock speeds show an interesting contrast. The RX 570 has a higher base clock at 1168 MHz versus 982 MHz, but the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell boosts much higher at 1957 MHz versus 1244 MHz. The NVIDIA card's boost clock is over 700 MHz higher, which partially explains its massive performance advantage.

Power requirements are dramatically different. The RX 570 has a TDP of 150 W, requires a 450 W power supply, and needs a single 6-pin power connector. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has a TDP of just 70 W, needs no power connectors at all, and works with a 250 W power supply. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell delivers roughly three times the performance at less than half the power draw. It also uses PCIe 5.0 x8, while the RX 570 uses PCIe 3.0 x16. The physical dimensions differ as well: the RX 570 is 241 mm long, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is only 167 mm long, 69 mm tall, and 20 mm wide. Both are dual-slot cards. Display outputs also differ, with the RX 570 offering one DVI, one HDMI 2.0b, and three DisplayPort 1.4a outputs, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell provides four mini-DisplayPort 2.1b outputs.