AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A Comparison

FAQ

Q: How do the two GPUs compare in average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT records an average benchmark score of 48477, while the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 A sits at 38691. That places the AMD part roughly 25% higher overall.

Q: What percentile does each GPU occupy relative to all GPUs in the database?

A: The RX 6800 XT lands in the 85th percentile, whereas the MX570 A is in the 81st percentile. Despite the large performance gap, both are within a few percentile points of each other because the mobile chip still outranks a substantial share of the database.

Q: Which GPU wins the Geekbench OpenCL test, and by how much?

A: The RX 6800 XT scores 171304 versus 39780 for the MX570 A, a 330.6% lead. This is the largest recorded margin between the two across all shared tests.

Q: Is there any benchmark where the MX570 A comes out ahead?

A: No. Across the two head-to-head tests recorded in the database (Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan), the MX570 A wins zero tests. The RX 6800 XT wins both.

Q: What are the closest rivals for each GPU based on average score?

A: For the RX 6800 XT, the nearest rivals are the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile (47743, 1.5% behind), Intel Arc A550M (49737, 2.5% ahead), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti (49957, 3% ahead), and AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (50001, 3% ahead). For the MX570 A, the closest is the AMD Radeon Pro 580X (38706, essentially tied at 0%), followed by the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile (38349, 0.9% behind) and NVIDIA GeForce MX570 (38299, 1% behind).

Q: How do the memory subsystems differ between the two?

A: The RX 6800 XT has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth. The MX570 A has 2 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus with 96.00 GB/s bandwidth. That is an 8x difference in capacity and more than 5x in bandwidth.

Q: What is the launch MSRP of the RX 6800 XT?

A: The launch MSRP is 649 USD. The MX570 A has no recorded launch MSRP in the database.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT is the dominant part in every shared benchmark. It wins both head-to-head tests, holds a 25% higher average score, and sits at a higher percentile. The MX570 A is not competitive in raw compute performance with this desktop-class GPU.

Who should pick the RX 6800 XT? Anyone running desktop workloads that stress OpenCL or Vulkan performance, where the AMD card leads by 330.6% and 264% respectively. The 16 GB memory pool and 300 W TDP indicate a part designed for sustained heavy rendering, not mobility.

Who should pick the MX570 A? The data suggests only scenarios where the physical form factor matters: it is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no power connectors, a 25 W TDP, and portable-device-dependent display outputs. If a system requires a low-power, embedded-class GPU with PCIe 4.0 x8 and no external power, the MX570 A is the only one of these two that fits. But for performance, the choice is singular.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two direct comparisons between these GPUs, both in Geekbench workloads.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the RX 6800 XT scores 171304 against 39780 for the MX570 A. The delta is 330.6%, meaning the AMD card delivers more than four times the compute output in this test. This is not a marginal gap; it is a categorical difference in processing capability.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the RX 6800 XT scores 136875 versus 37601, a 264% advantage. The margin narrows slightly compared to OpenCL, but the AMD part still more than triples the NVIDIA chip's result.

Across both tests, the RX 6800 XT records 2 wins and the MX570 A records 0. The average benchmark scores reinforce this: 48477 for the RX 6800 XT, which sits 25.3% above the MX570 A's 38691. Notably, the MX570 A's average is pulled downward by having only two benchmarks in the database, both of which are the same tests used in the head-to-head comparison.

Context from nearest rivals helps calibrate these numbers. The RX 6800 XT's average score of 48477 is nearly identical to the NVIDIA RTX A1000 Mobile (47743, 1.5% lower) and slightly below the Intel Arc A550M (49737, 2.5% higher). The MX570 A's average of 38691 is essentially tied with the AMD Radeon Pro 580X (38706, 0% delta) and only 1% above the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 (38299). So while the MX570 A is competitive within its own mobile-class tier, the RX 6800 XT operates in a completely different performance bracket.

Specification Differences

The raw specifications diverge sharply across nearly every field.

Process and die: The RX 6800 XT uses a 7 nm TSMC process with 26,800 million transistors on a 520 mm² die. The MX570 A uses an 8 nm Samsung process with 8,700 million transistors on a 200 mm² die. Transistor density favors the AMD chip at 51.5M per mm² versus 43.5M per mm².

Clocks: The RX 6800 XT has a base clock of 1825 MHz, boost of 2250 MHz, and game clock of 2015 MHz. The MX570 A runs at 832 MHz base and 1155 MHz boost, with no game clock listed. Memory clocks are 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) for AMD versus 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) for NVIDIA.

Memory: 16 GB GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth versus 2 GB GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus with 96.00 GB/s bandwidth.

Compute units: The RX 6800 XT has 4608 shading units, 288 TMUs, 128 ROPs, and 72 RT cores. The MX570 A has 2048 shading units, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 16 RT cores, and 64 tensor cores. The AMD part has no tensor cores; the NVIDIA part does.

Output rates: Pixel rate is 288.0 GPixel/s for AMD versus 36.96 GPixel/s for NVIDIA. Texture rate is 648.0 GTexel/s versus 73.92 GTexel/s. FP32 is 20.74 TFLOPS versus 4.731 TFLOPS.

Power and physical: The RX 6800 XT is a dual-slot card, 300 W TDP, with 2x 8-pin connectors and a suggested 700 W PSU. The MX570 A is an IGP, 25 W TDP, no power connectors, and no suggested PSU listed.

Bus and outputs: PCIe 4.0 x16 versus PCIe 4.0 x8. Display outputs are 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, and 1x USB Type-C for AMD, versus "Portable Device Dependent" for NVIDIA.

Release timing: The RX 6800 XT was released on 2020-10-27; the MX570 A on 2021-12-16. Both are marked end-of-life.

Architecture Differences

The RX 6800 XT is built on RDNA 2.0, AMD's second-generation RDNA architecture, under the Navi 21 chip and the Navi II (RX 6000) generation. It uses a 7 nm process from TSMC. The architecture supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Its 72 RT cores and 288 TMUs reflect a desktop-class design aimed at high-throughput rasterization and ray tracing.

The MX570 A is built on NVIDIA's Ampere architecture, using the GA107SB chip and belonging to the GeForce MX (5xx) generation. It uses an 8 nm process from Samsung. It also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API-level features are identical. However, the architecture differs fundamentally: Ampere includes 64 tensor cores for AI workloads, which the RDNA 2.0 part does not have. The MX570 A's FP16 performance is 1:1 with FP32 (4.731 TFLOPS each), whereas the RX 6800 XT doubles FP16 to 41.47 TFLOPS via a 2:1 ratio.

The die size differential is stark: 520 mm² versus 200 mm². The RX 6800 XT packs more than three times the transistors (26,800 million versus 8,700 million) onto a larger, denser die. This explains the massive throughput advantages in pixel rate, texture rate, and FP32 compute.

The MX570 A's architecture is clearly optimized for low power consumption (25 W) and integration into portable devices, where the RX 6800 XT's 300 W TDP and dual-slot cooler would be impossible to accommodate. Both share the same DirectX feature level, but the execution resources are wildly different in scale.

Where Each One Wins

The RX 6800 XT wins every recorded benchmark, so the use-case split is driven by workload type and physical constraints rather than performance.

RX 6800 XT wins in:

• OpenCL-heavy compute workloads: 330.6% ahead of the MX570 A. This applies to rendering, scientific simulation, and general GPU compute.
• Vulkan-based gaming or graphics: 264% ahead. The RX 6800 XT is the clear choice for any application leveraging Vulkan for real-time rendering.
• Memory-intensive tasks: 16 GB versus 2 GB and 512.0 GB/s versus 96.00 GB/s means large textures, datasets, or multi-tasking are feasible only on the AMD part.
• Any desktop system with a 700 W PSU and dual-slot space: the physical design assumes a full ATX or large SFF chassis.

MX570 A wins in:

• Low-power portable devices: 25 W TDP versus 300 W means the MX570 A can operate in thin laptops or embedded systems where the RX 6800 XT cannot physically exist.
• Integrated graphics scenarios: the IGP form factor with no power connectors allows drop-in integration without external wiring.
• Tensor core workloads: while not benchmarked in the head-to-head, the MX570 A is the only one of the two with 64 tensor cores, so any AI inference task that relies on tensor operations would favor the NVIDIA architecture.
• Systems with PCIe 4.0 x8 lanes only: the RX 6800 XT requires x16, so older or narrower slots would bottleneck or exclude it.

The data does not support any performance scenario where the MX570 A is preferable. Its wins are entirely structural: power envelope, form factor, and tensor capability. If the workload fits within those constraints and does not demand the compute throughput of the RX 6800 XT, the MX570 A is the only viable option. Otherwise, the RX 6800 XT is the definitive choice.