AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Comparison
AMD Radeon RX 570
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell
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Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell
FAQ
Q: How do the average benchmark scores of these two GPUs compare?
A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell records an average benchmark score of 31532, while the AMD Radeon RX 570 sits at 28766. This places the NVIDIA part roughly 9.6% higher on average, though both cards occupy similar overall percentile positions: the RTX PRO 4500 is at the 76th percentile of all GPUs, and the RX 570 is at the 74th.
Q: Which card wins in the shared DirectX 12 test, and by how much?
A: In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell scores 7025 versus 880 for the AMD Radeon RX 570. That is a 698.3% lead for NVIDIA, the largest margin recorded in any shared benchmark between the two.
Q: What is the memory configuration difference between the two cards?
A: The NVIDIA card ships with 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The AMD card has 4 GB of GDDR5 on the same 256-bit bus width, but only reaches 224.0 GB/s.
Q: Does the AMD card support hardware ray tracing?
A: No. The Radeon RX 570 has no ray tracing cores listed in the database, while the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell includes 82 RT cores. The NVIDIA card also features 328 tensor cores, which the RX 570 lacks entirely.
Q: What are the closest rivals to each card according to the database?
A: The RTX PRO 4500's nearest rival is the NVIDIA TITAN RTX (31676 average score, 0.5% behind), followed by the Intel Arc Pro A30M (31894, 1.1% behind). The RX 570's nearest rival is the AMD Radeon RX 6800M (28874, 0.4% behind), with the AMD Radeon RX 470 (28996, 0.8% behind) close as well.
Q: What production status do these cards hold?
A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is listed as Active, with a release date of 2025-03-17. The AMD Radeon RX 570 is End-of-life, having launched on 2017-04-17.
Where Each One Wins
The recorded data splits cleanly along generational lines. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell wins both head-to-head tests, and the margins are enormous. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, it posts 7025 points against 880 for the RX 570, a 698.3% difference. In Geekbench Vulkan, the NVIDIA card scores 221768 versus 42752, a 418.7% advantage. If the workload is a modern DirectX 12 scene or a Vulkan compute task, the RTX PRO 4500 is the only choice between the two.
The AMD Radeon RX 570 does not win any of the shared tests, so its case rests on compatibility and legacy scenarios. Its API support tops out at DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3, while the NVIDIA card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4. The RX 570 also has a Geekbench Metal score of 39349 and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 32084, though the RTX PRO 4500 has no comparable Metal or OpenCL entry in the database, so cross-platform compute comparisons cannot be completed from this data alone.
For users constrained to older PCIe generations, the RX 570's PCIe 3.0 x16 interface may match older motherboards, whereas the RTX PRO 4500 requires PCIe 5.0 x16. The RX 570's 150 W TDP and single 6-pin connector also present a lighter system integration profile than the 200 W TDP and 1x 16-pin connector of the NVIDIA card. Neither metric guarantees a win, but they define where the older part remains practical.
Architecture Differences
The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is built on TSMC's 5 nm process with a GB203 chip, packing 45,600 million transistors into a 378 mm² die. That yields a transistor density of 120.6M per mm². The RX 570 uses GlobalFoundries' 14 nm process with the Polaris 20 chip, holding 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die, for a density of 24.6M per mm². The NVIDIA chip is roughly eight times larger in transistor count and nearly five times denser.
The Blackwell architecture implements Blackwell 2.0, while the Polaris part uses GCN 4.0. This is a fundamental split in how work is scheduled and how shaders execute. The RTX PRO 4500 carries 10496 shading units, 328 TMUs, and 112 ROPs, plus 82 RT cores and 328 tensor cores. The RX 570 has 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs, with no RT or tensor cores listed. That hardware gap explains why the NVIDIA card reaches 50.53 TFLOPS FP32 and 50.53 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1), while the RX 570 manages 5.095 TFLOPS in both FP32 and FP16 (1:1).
Memory technology also differs completely. The RTX PRO 4500 uses 32 GB of GDDR7 at 28 Gbps effective, producing 896.0 GB/s across a 256-bit bus. The RX 570 uses 4 GB of GDDR5 at 7 Gbps effective, producing 224.0 GB/s across the same 256-bit bus. The NVIDIA card's memory clock is 1750 MHz, and the effective data rate is four times that of the AMD part.
The output stage differs as well: the RTX PRO 4500 offers 4x DisplayPort 2.1b, while the RX 570 offers 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. The NVIDIA card's pixel rate is 269.6 GPixel/s versus 39.81 GPixel/s for the RX 570. Texture rate is 789.5 GTexel/s versus 159.2 GTexel/s. Every architectural block points the same direction: the Blackwell part is designed for far higher throughput and modern feature support.
The Verdict
The verdict follows the benchmark data directly. For any user running 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 or Geekbench Vulkan, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is the clear winner, with leads of 698.3% and 418.7% respectively. Its average score of 31532 versus 28766 for the RX 570 reinforces that conclusion, as does its higher percentile placement at 76 versus 74.
The AMD Radeon RX 570 has no head-to-head wins. Its only advantages are circumstantial: it is End-of-life hardware with a 150 W TDP, a 6-pin power connector, and a PCIe 3.0 interface, which may suit older systems. Its 4 GB GDDR5 memory and 224.0 GB/s bandwidth are far below the RTX PRO 4500's 32 GB GDDR7 and 896.0 GB/s.
Users who need ray tracing, tensor cores, DirectX 12 Ultimate, or Vulkan 1.4 should pick the NVIDIA card without hesitation. Users maintaining a legacy system with PCIe 3.0 and a 450 W suggested PSU could still run the RX 570, but the database shows no performance scenario where it outpaces the newer card. The RTX PRO 4500 is the recommended purchase for anyone choosing between these two today.
Specification Differences
The two cards differ in nearly every measurable specification. The RTX PRO 4500 runs a 5 nm process with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die; the RX 570 runs a 14 nm process with 5,700 million transistors on a 232 mm² die. Transistor density is 120.6M per mm² versus 24.6M per mm².
Clock speeds also diverge: the NVIDIA card has a 1635 MHz base and 2407 MHz boost, while the AMD card has a 1168 MHz base and 1244 MHz boost. Memory effective rate is 28 Gbps for the RTX PRO 4500 versus 7 Gbps for the RX 570. Memory size is 32 GB versus 4 GB, and bandwidth is 896.0 GB/s versus 224.0 GB/s.
Compute resources differ sharply: 10496 shading units, 328 TMUs, 112 ROPs, 82 RT cores, and 328 tensor cores on the NVIDIA card, versus 2048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 32 ROPs, no RT cores, and no tensor cores on the AMD card. Pixel rate is 269.6 GPixel/s versus 39.81 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 789.5 GTexel/s versus 159.2 GTexel/s.
Power and connectivity also differ: TDP is 200 W versus 150 W, with a 1x 16-pin connector versus 1x 6-pin, and a suggested PSU of 550 W versus 450 W. The bus interface is PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 3.0 x16. Display outputs are 4x DisplayPort 2.1b versus 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a. The NVIDIA card measures 267 mm in length, while the AMD card is 241 mm; both are dual-slot.
API support differs as well: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 for the RTX PRO 4500, versus DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3 for the RX 570. The AMD card has a launch MSRP of 169 USD; the NVIDIA card has no listed launch MSRP.
Head-to-Head Benchmarks
The database contains two shared benchmarks between these cards, and both are decisive NVIDIA wins. In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the RTX PRO 4500 scores 7025 against 880 for the RX 570. That is a 698.3% delta, the largest recorded gap in any test pairing these two GPUs. This test stresses DirectX 12 rendering, so the result reflects the NVIDIA card's superior shading throughput, texture rate, and memory bandwidth.
In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX PRO 4500 scores 221768 against 42752 for the RX 570, a 418.7% delta. Vulkan compute and graphics workloads benefit from the NVIDIA card's 50.53 TFLOPS FP32 and its 328 tensor cores, while the RX 570's 5.095 TFLOPS FP32 and lack of tensor hardware cannot compete. The NVIDIA card's 32 GB GDDR7 memory and 896.0 GB/s bandwidth also provide headroom for large working sets that the RX 570's 4 GB GDDR5 and 224.0 GB/s cannot handle.
The RX 570 does have additional benchmark entries in the database: Geekbench Metal at 39349 and Geekbench OpenCL at 32084. The RTX PRO 4500 has no Metal or OpenCL scores listed, so no direct comparison is possible for those APIs. Across the tests that do overlap, the RTX PRO 4500 wins 2 out of 2. The AMD card's wins count remains at 0.
Average scores reinforce the head-to-head results. The RTX PRO 4500's 31532 average sits 9.6% above the RX 570's 28766. The nearest rival data also frames this gap: the RTX PRO 4500 trails the NVIDIA TITAN RTX by only 0.5% and the Intel Arc Pro A30M by 1.1%, while the RX 570 trails the AMD Radeon RX 6800M by 0.4% and the AMD Radeon RX 470 by 0.8%. The RX 570's close competition is all older or mobile parts, whereas the RTX PRO 4500 competes with high-end workstation and prosumer cards from the same era.