AMD Radeon Pro 560 vs AMD Radeon RX 7700 Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon Pro 560 records an average benchmark score of 17551, while the AMD Radeon RX 7700 averages 15852. Despite the RX 7700's much newer architecture, the Pro 560 holds a higher overall average across their respective benchmark suites.

Q: How does the RX 7700 perform in OpenCL compared to the Pro 560?

A: In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the RX 7700 scores 106028 versus the Pro 560's 15504. The RX 7700 is 85.4% ahead, the largest single-test delta recorded between the two.

Q: What is the transistor density difference between these two chips?

A: The Pro 560's Polaris 21 has a density of 24.4M transistors per mm², while the RX 7700's Navi 32 reaches 81.2M per mm². The RX 7700 packs transistors more than three times as densely.

Q: Which card supports newer DirectX features?

A: The RX 7700 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the Pro 560 only reaches DirectX 12 (12_0). The RX 7700 also adds 40 ray tracing cores, which the Pro 560 lacks entirely.

Q: What memory configurations do the two cards use?

A: The Pro 560 has 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit bus with 81.28 GB/s bandwidth. The RX 7700 has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 624.1 GB/s bandwidth, which is roughly 7.7 times the bandwidth.

Q: Which GPU holds a better percentile rank among all GPUs?

A: The Pro 560 sits at the 61st percentile, while the RX 7700 sits at the 58th percentile. This suggests the older card places slightly higher relative to the full database of GPUs.

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two AMD parts is substantial. The Pro 560 relies on the GCN 4.0 architecture built on the Polaris 21 chip, manufactured on a 14 nm process at GlobalFoundries. The RX 7700 uses the RDNA 3.0 architecture with the Navi 32 chip, produced on a 5 nm process at TSMC. This node transition is one of the most significant divides: the RX 7700 packs 28,100 million transistors into a 346 mm² die, while the Pro 560 fits just 3,000 million transistors into 123 mm². Density figures confirm the leap, with the RX 7700 achieving 81.2M transistors per mm² versus 24.4M per mm² for the Pro 560.

Compute resources differ at nearly every level. The RX 7700 carries 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 96 render output units. The Pro 560 has 1024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 16 ROPs. The RX 7700 also integrates 40 ray tracing cores, a feature class entirely absent from the Pro 560. Peak throughput numbers follow suit: the RX 7700 reaches 25.18 TFLOPS FP32 and FP16, while the Pro 560 manages 1.858 TFLOPS in both. Pixel and texture rates also scale accordingly, with the RX 7700 recording 236.1 GPixel/s and 393.4 GTexel/s against the Pro 560's 14.51 GPixel/s and 58.05 GTexel/s.

Memory architecture represents another clean break. The Pro 560 uses 4 GB of GDDR5 on a 128-bit interface, yielding 81.28 GB/s of bandwidth. The RX 7700 uses 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit interface, delivering 624.1 GB/s. Clock behavior also differs: the RX 7700 has explicit base, game, and boost clocks of 1900 MHz, 2041 MHz, and 2459 MHz respectively, while the Pro 560 lists no base or boost figures, only a memory clock of 1270 MHz with 5.1 Gbps effective data rate. The RX 7700's memory runs at 2438 MHz with 19.5 Gbps effective.

Feature support extends the divide. The RX 7700 supports PCIe 4.0 x16, while the Pro 560 is limited to PCIe 3.0 x8. API levels differ as well: the RX 7700 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, whereas the Pro 560 reaches DirectX 12 (12_0) and Vulkan 1.3. Both support OpenGL 4.6. Power delivery and physical design also contrast sharply: the Pro 560 is an IGP-class card with no power connectors and a 75 W TDP, while the RX 7700 is a dual-slot card with 2x 8-pin connectors, a 200 W TDP, and a suggested 550 W PSU.

The RX 7700 measures 267 mm in length, 135 mm in height, and 50 mm in width, while the Pro 560 has no recorded dimensions. Production status marks the Pro 560 as end-of-life; the RX 7700 is active. The RX 7700 launched in 2025-09-17, and the Pro 560 dates to 2017-04-17.

The RX 7700's display outputs include 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, and 1x USB Type-C. The Pro 560's display outputs are listed as portable device dependent. The RX 7700 belongs to the Radeon RX 7000 series, uses the Wheat Nas codename, and the Pro 560 sits in the Radeon Pro Mac (500 Series) generation.

Power efficiency per frame is not directly comparable in the database, but the raw throughput per watt points to the RX 7700 being far more compute-dense per transistor and per unit of silicon area.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

Only one direct head-to-head benchmark exists in the database: Geekbench OpenCL. The RX 7700 wins that test decisively with a score of 106028 against the Pro 560's 15504, a delta of 85.4% in the RX 7700's favor. That result aligns with the raw compute advantage, the RX 7700's 25.18 TFLOPS versus 1.858 TFLOPS. The single-test margin is so large that it dominates the comparison even though the Pro 560 holds a better average benchmark score overall.

The Pro 560's other benchmark results come from Geekbench Metal (20918) and Geekbench Vulkan (16232), neither of which has a matching RX 7700 entry in the head-to-head set. The RX 7700, in turn, has its own suite of PassMark and 3DMark results with no Pro 560 counterpart: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 at 2865, PassMark DirectX 10 at 92, DirectX 11 at 186, DirectX 12 at 96, DirectX 9 at 261, G2D at 1206, G3D at 20974, and GPU compute at 10963.

Averaging all recorded benchmarks for each card yields a different picture. The Pro 560's three scores average to 17551, while the RX 7700's nine scores average to 15852. Part of that gap traces to the RX 7700's very low PassMark DirectX scores, several of which fall below 100 points, dragging its average despite strong showings in G3D and GPU compute. The Pro 560 has no such low-end outlier tests.

The discrepancy raises a question: does the RX 7700's average understate its actual capability relative to the Pro 7700's suite? The RX 7700's G3D score of 20974 exceeds the Pro 560's average, suggesting that in certain legacy DirectX workloads the RX 7700 can outrun the Pro 560 by a meaningful but unrecorded amount. Without a direct comparison, the delta cannot be quantified beyond the single OpenCL test.

The Verdict

The data points to a clear split based on recorded data, but not a simple one. The RX 7700 wins the only direct head-to-head benchmark, and by a massive 85.4% margin in Geekbench OpenCL. For anyone selecting a GPU strictly on recorded performance in that test, the RX 7700 is the obvious choice, as long as the workload lines up with that test profile.

The Pro 560 counters with a higher average benchmark score (17551 versus 15852) and a higher percentile rank among all GPUs (61 versus 58). Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon 780M with an average score of 17588 and a delta of -0.2%, plus the AMD Radeon Pro 460 at 17509 with a delta of 0.2%. It also sits close to the NVIDIA Tesla K40c (17468, delta 0.5%) and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 (17639, delta -0.5%). The RX 7700's nearest rivals are different: AMD Radeon R9 370X (15862, delta -0.1%), AMD Radeon RX 9060 (16014, delta -1%), AMD Radeon Pro W5500 (15679, delta 1.1%), and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (16129, delta -1.7%). Neither card dominates its tier by more than 1.7 percentage points, so both sit near peers rather than leading their category.

The Pro 560's overall average sits just 37 points above the RX 7700's 15852, meaning that outside the OpenCL test, the two are essentially comparable across their broader suites. The Pro 560 wins the average by 1699 points, which is 10.7% higher than the RX 7700's average, but that gap comes from the RX 7700's low-scoring legacy tests, not a single dominant result.

The Pro 560's best recorded result, Geekbench Metal at 20918, is not directly comparable to any RX 7700 result. The RX 7700's best results include G3D at 20974 and GPU compute at 10963, both of which suggest a much stronger card in modern workloads. The verdict: the RX 7700 is the stronger GPU in raw compute and modern API support, while the Pro 560 holds a better aggregate score in the database due to its benchmark selection.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD Radeon Pro 560 | AMD Radeon RX 7700 |

| --- | --- | --- |

| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | RDNA 3.0 |

| Process Node | 14 nm | 5 nm |

| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |

| Transistors | 3,000 million | 28,100 million |

| Die Size | 123 mm² | 346 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 24.4M / mm² | 81.2M / mm² |

| Base Clock | None listed | 1900 MHz |

| Game Clock | None listed | 2041 MHz |

| Boost Clock | None listed | 2459 MHz |

| Memory Clock | 1270 MHz, 5.1 Gbps effective | 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective |

| Memory Size | 4 GB | 16 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |

| Memory Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 81.28 GB/s | 624.1 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 1024 | 2560 |

| TMUs | 64 | 160 |

| ROPs | 16 | 96 |

| Ray Tracing Cores | None | 40 |

| Pixel Rate | 14.51 GPixel/s | 236.1 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 58.05 GTexel/s | 393.4 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 1.858 TFLOPS | 25.18 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 1.858 TFLOPS (1:1) | 25.18 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 75 W | 200 W |

| Slot Width | IGP | Dual-slot |

| Power Connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |

| Suggested PSU | None listed | 550 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |

| Display Outputs | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C |

| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |

| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |

| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |

| Dimensions | Not listed | 267 mm, 135 mm, 50 mm |

| Production Status | End-of-life | Active |

| Release Date | 2017-04-17 | 2025-09-17 |

Where Each One Wins

The RX 7700 wins in every raw compute category recorded. It outperforms the Pro 560 in shading units, texture mapping, rasterization, and memory throughput. Its 40 ray tracing cores give it a feature that the Pro 560 cannot match. The RX 7700 also supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) and Vulkan 1.4, making it the clear choice for modern graphics workloads that use those APIs. Its 16 GB of GDDR6 memory and 624.1 GB/s bandwidth suit large texture sets and high-resolution rendering, and its PCIe 16-lane interface doubles the bandwidth available to the Pro 560's 8-lane interface.

The Pro 560 wins on aggregate benchmark score and percentile placement. Its average of 17551 sits 10.7% above the RX 7700's, and it rests at the 61st percentile, three points above the RX 7700. The Pro 560's best scores in Geekbench Metal at 20918 and Geekbench Vulkan at 16232 are its two best recorded results, and they reveal a card that holds its own in Apple's Metal ecosystem. Its 75 W TDP means it needs no external power connectors, and its IGP slot width makes it suitable for compact, portable systems. For legacy DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 workloads, the RX 7700 records very low scores, and the Pro 560's comparable tests are not listed, so the Pro 560's consistency across three tests gives it an edge in the database's average.

The RX 7700 wins the only direct head-to-head, while the Pro 560 wins the aggregate. The choice depends on which metric matters more: raw modern compute or consistent historical benchmark performance. The data does not show a single winner, but it does show two very different GPUs serving different purposes.