AMD Radeon RX 590 GME vs NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data splits this comparison sharply by API. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A posts a score of 39,780 against AMD Radeon RX 590 GME's 36,294. That is a 9.6% advantage for the NVIDIA part. In Geekbench Vulkan, the situation flips completely: the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME scores 60,508, while the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A manages 37,601. The AMD part leads by 37.9% in that test, a massive margin that dominates the overall picture.

Each card takes exactly one benchmark win in the head-to-head set. The NVIDIA card's OpenCL win is modest but consistent. The AMD card's Vulkan win is decisive. When looking at the average benchmark score across all recorded tests, the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A sits at 38,691, while the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME averages 32,601. That puts the NVIDIA card roughly 18.7% higher in aggregate, but the Vulkan result shows the AMD card's peak performance is substantially higher in that specific workload.

The percentile rankings reinforce this. The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A sits in the 81st percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME sits in the 77th percentile. Both are above average, but the NVIDIA part holds a small edge in overall standing. The nearest rivals for the NVIDIA card include the AMD Radeon Pro 580X at an average score of 38,706 (a 0% delta), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile at 38,349 (0.9% behind), and the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 at 38,299 (1% behind). The AMD Radeon Pro 575X sits 1.1% ahead. For the AMD card, the closest neighbors are the AMD FirePro S9300 X2 at 32,540 (0.2% behind), the AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE at 32,456 (0.4% behind), and the AMD FirePro S10000 at 32,388 (0.7% behind). The NVIDIA T600 Mobile sits 0.8% ahead.

What these numbers suggest is that the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A has a more balanced profile across the tests recorded, while the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME has a higher ceiling in Vulkan but a lower floor in OpenCL. The Vulkan delta of 37.9% is the single largest gap between the two cards in any recorded test, and it is the defining data point of this comparison. The OpenCL gap of 9.6% is real but far smaller.

The Verdict

The data points to two different buyers. If the workload is Vulkan-based, the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME is the clear choice. Its 60,508 Vulkan score is 60.9% higher than the NVIDIA card's 37,601 in the same test. That is not a marginal difference; it is a category-level gap. Any application that leverages Vulkan heavily will favor the AMD part decisively.

If the workload is OpenCL-based, the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A takes the win, but the margin is far narrower. Its 39,780 score is 9.6% above the AMD card's 36,294. That is a meaningful edge, but it is not overwhelming. In aggregate, the NVIDIA card also holds the higher average benchmark score at 38,691 versus 32,601, and the higher percentile placement at 81 versus 77.

The verdict depends on what matters more: peak performance in a specific API or consistency across the recorded tests. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME offers the higher single-test score, the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A offers the better average. For a user who prioritizes Vulkan performance, the AMD card is the only rational pick. For a user who wants the higher overall standing in the database, the NVIDIA card is the safer selection. The two cards are not interchangeable; they serve different performance profiles.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from fundamentally different design schools. The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A uses the GA107SB chip on the Ampere architecture, built on Samsung's 8 nm process. It packs 8,700 million transistors into a 200 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 43.5 million per square millimeter. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME uses the Polaris 20 chip on GCN 4.0, built on GlobalFoundries' 14 nm process. It holds 5,700 million transistors across a 232 mm² die, for a density of 24.6 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA part is denser and newer in process technology; the AMD part is physically larger but less dense.

The memory subsystems are also sharply different. The NVIDIA card has 2 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus, with 96.00 GB/s of bandwidth and an effective memory clock of 12 Gbps. The AMD card has 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus, with 256.0 GB/s of bandwidth and an effective memory clock of 8 Gbps. The AMD card has four times the capacity and over 2.6 times the bandwidth. The NVIDIA card has the faster memory type but a much narrower bus.

Compute resources differ as well. The NVIDIA card has 2,048 shading units, 64 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs. It also has 16 ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores, features the AMD card lacks entirely. The AMD card has 2,304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 32 ROPs, with no ray tracing or tensor cores. The AMD card has more shading units and far more texture units, but no dedicated acceleration blocks for ray tracing or tensor workloads.

Clock speeds favor the AMD card on paper. The AMD part runs a base clock of 1257 MHz and a boost of 1420 MHz, while the NVIDIA part runs 832 MHz base and 1155 MHz boost. However, the NVIDIA card's Ampere architecture is designed to extract more performance per clock, and its FP32 throughput of 4.731 TFLOPS is not far off the AMD card's 6.543 TFLOPS despite the clock disadvantage. The AMD card's texture rate of 204.5 GTexel/s dwarfs the NVIDIA card's 73.92 GTexel/s, and its pixel rate of 45.44 GPixel/s beats the NVIDIA card's 36.96 GPixel/s.

The interface and power delivery also separate the two. The NVIDIA card uses PCIe 4.0 x8, while the AMD card uses PCIe 3.0 x16. The NVIDIA card is an IGP form factor with no power connectors and a 25 W TDP; the AMD card is a dual-slot design with a single 8-pin connector and a 175 W TDP. The AMD card also lists a suggested power supply of 450 W. The NVIDIA card's power draw is a fraction of the AMD card's, which makes it far more flexible for system integration. The AMD card's display outputs include 1x HDMI 2.0b and 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, while the NVIDIA card's outputs are listed as portable device dependent.

API support also differs. The NVIDIA card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The AMD card supports DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.3. The NVIDIA card has the higher DirectX feature level and the newer Vulkan version.

FAQ

Q: Which card has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A averages 38,691 across recorded tests, while the AMD Radeon RX 590 GME averages 32,601. The NVIDIA card is roughly 18.7% higher in aggregate.

Q: Which card wins in Vulkan performance?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME scores 60,508 in Geekbench Vulkan, a 37.9% advantage over the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A's 37,601.

Q: Does the NVIDIA card have ray tracing support?

A: Yes. The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A includes 16 ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME has no ray tracing or tensor cores listed in the database.

Q: How much memory does each card have?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A has 2 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus with 96.00 GB/s bandwidth. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME has 8 GB of GDDR5 on a 256-bit bus with 256.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What are the power requirements?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A has a 25 W TDP, an IGP form factor, and no power connectors. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME has a 175 W TDP, a dual-slot design, one 8-pin connector, and a suggested power supply of 450 W.

Q: Which card has higher percentile placement in the database?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A sits in the 81st percentile of all GPUs. The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME sits in the 77th percentile.

Where Each One Wins

The AMD Radeon RX 590 GME is the pick for Vulkan-heavy workloads. Its 60,508 Vulkan score is the highest single result in this comparison, and the 37.9% lead over the NVIDIA card in that test is the largest gap recorded. The card's 8 GB memory capacity and 256.0 GB/s bandwidth also give it a clear edge for applications that need large working sets or high memory throughput. Its 2,304 shading units and 144 texture mapping units provide strong raw fill rates, with a texture rate of 204.5 GTexel/s and a pixel rate of 45.44 GPixel/s. The AMD card is also the only one of the two with a 256-bit memory bus, which directly supports its bandwidth advantage.

The NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A is the pick for OpenCL workloads and for systems where power and space are constrained. Its 39,780 OpenCL score beats the AMD card by 9.6%, and its 25 W TDP is dramatically lower than the AMD card's 175 W. The NVIDIA card also has the higher average benchmark score at 38,691 and the higher percentile placement at 81 versus 77. Its Ampere architecture includes 16 ray tracing cores and 64 tensor cores, which the AMD card does not have. The NVIDIA card also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, both newer than the AMD card's DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3.

The IGP form factor of the NVIDIA card, with no power connectors and PCIe 4.0 x8, makes it suitable for compact or low-power systems. The AMD card's dual-slot design, 1x 8-pin connector, and 450 W suggested power supply make it a board that needs a real power delivery path. Neither card is currently in production; both are listed as end-of-life in the database.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every major specification category. The process node is 8 nm for the NVIDIA card and 14 nm for the AMD card. The foundry is Samsung for NVIDIA and GlobalFoundries for AMD. The transistor count is 8,700 million for the NVIDIA card and 5,700 million for the AMD card. The die size is 200 mm² for NVIDIA and 232 mm² for AMD. Transistor density is 43.5 million per mm² versus 24.6 million per mm².

Base clocks are 832 MHz for the NVIDIA card and 1257 MHz for the AMD card. Boost clocks are 1155 MHz and 1420 MHz respectively. Memory clocks are listed as 12 Gbps effective for the NVIDIA card and 8 Gbps effective for the AMD card. Memory size is 2 GB versus 8 GB. Memory type is GDDR6 versus GDDR5. Bus width is 64 bit versus 256 bit. Bandwidth is 96.00 GB/s versus 256.0 GB/s.

Shading units number 2,048 for NVIDIA and 2,304 for AMD. Texture mapping units are 64 versus 144. ROPs are 32 for both. Ray tracing cores exist only on the NVIDIA card at 16. Tensor cores exist only on the NVIDIA card at 64. Pixel rate is 36.96 GPixel/s versus 45.44 GPixel/s. Texture rate is 73.92 GTexel/s versus 204.5 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is 4.731 TFLOPS versus 6.543 TFLOPS. FP16 throughput matches each card's FP32 at a 1:1 ratio.

TDP is 25 W versus 175 W. Slot width is IGP versus dual-slot. Power connectors are none versus 1x 8-pin. The AMD card lists a suggested power supply of 450 W; the NVIDIA card lists none. Bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x8 versus PCIe 3.0 x16. Display outputs are portable device dependent for NVIDIA and 1x HDMI 2.0b plus 3x DisplayPort 1.4a for AMD. DirectX support is 12 Ultimate (12_2) versus 12 (12_0). Vulkan support is 1.4 versus 1.3. OpenGL is 4.6 for both. Release dates differ, with the NVIDIA card released in December 2021 and the AMD card in March 2020. The AMD card lists a predecessor of Arctic Islands and a successor of Vega; the NVIDIA card lists none.